Why Montessori?

  • Each child is treated as an individual with unique talents
  • Montessori promotes hands-on, self-paced, collaborative, joyful learning
  • Children have the freedom to work at their own pace, without interruption, choosing from a range of activities that are developmentally challenging and appropriate.
  • Mixed-age groups offer a wide range of activities to spark children’s interest and develop good social interactions
  • Exploration is encouraged so that children discover things for themselves, make mistakes and correct them independently
  • Children in Montessori follow their interests, wherever their passion leads; giving them strong academics, leadership, self-discipline, responsibility, independence, initiative and a lifelong love of learning
  • Montessori education enables children to develop fundamental capacities that they need to become happy and fulfilled adults who contribute to society.
     

Who Was Dr. Maria Montessori?

Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was an Italian physician, educator, and philosopher, renowned as the founder of the Montessori method of education. She was the first woman in Italy to receive a medical degree in 1894. Dr. Montessori initially worked with disabled children as a child psychiatrist, pioneering innovative methods to educate them effectively. Her groundbreaking work at the Orthophrenic School in Rome laid the foundation for Montessori Education.
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