What is the Montessori Method?
Who is Maria Montessori? Maria Montessori is a fascinating woman born in the 1800’s who defied the odds of gender and psychology. After gaining a degree in physics-mathematics, then a degree as a Doctor of Medicine and then a degree in psychology, she changed the fundamental ideas of education principles. Montessori boils down to one key concept: children explore and learn at their own pace with spontaneous interest. While she learned and gained her degrees, she worked with and observed…