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For her work in India, there is a postal stamp with her on it 

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For her work in India, there is a postal stamp with her on it 

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The only Montessori organisation Maria Montessori founded is the Association Montessori Internationale. It was endorsed by people like Sigmund Freud and Jean Piaget! It is still active in developing educational material.

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The only Montessori organisation Maria Montessori founded is the Association Montessori Internationale. It was endorsed by people like Sigmund Freud and Jean Piaget! It is still active in developing educational material.

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Living through the World Wars, Montessori had the idea that education was central in maintaining peace. Her ideas of "Learning for Peace" proposed that education was not only supposed to promote academics, but also public common good. 

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Living through the World Wars, Montessori had the idea that education was central in maintaining peace. Her ideas of "Learning for Peace" proposed that education was not only supposed to promote academics, but also public common good. 

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Montessori proposed the concept of 'cosmic education'. This is the idea that students should be taught, through interdisciplinary lessons and student-led exploration, that everything is connected. Montessori believed that this would make them aware of their own influence in the world.

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Montessori proposed the concept of 'cosmic education'. This is the idea that students should be taught, through interdisciplinary lessons and student-led exploration, that everything is connected. Montessori believed that this would make them aware of their own influence in the world.

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Using the method outside the conventional classroom

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Using the method outside the conventional classroom

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The Montessori method can be used to teach children skills that they don't typically learn at school, one study used the method to increase a child's nutritional knowledge, the children has several nutritional lessons where they were able to prepare and try vegetables and use fun tools that teach them about nutrition. The results clearly evidented that this was a successful method in teaching children about nutrition.
(Vitale & Coccia, 2023)

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It is suggested that the Montessori classroom environment consists of the following four factors; physical features, materials, organisation and climate. "The classroom climate is important as it leads to the construction of a humane socielty" ( O'Donnell , 2013, p,131)

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The way that montessori education is designed, is to allow children to pursue topics that they find personally interesting. The education system is based on choice, as natural interest results in engagement as well as developing attention and concentration. This system is also based on intrinsic motivation through personal interest, rather than extrinsic motivators, like recieving grades (Lillard, 2016).

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The Montessori Method of education was introduced in the United States in 1911, but it was met with resistance from progressive educators such as John Dewey and William Heard Kilpatrick resulting in its popularity declining. However, the Montessori Method did resurface in the late 1950s/1960s with the amount of Montessori schools within the US continuing to grow. As of 2018, there were 22,000 Montessori schools in 110 countries worldwide, 4,500 of which were located in the United States (Hiles, 2018).

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One observation that was made that led to this method was that children are more likely to be more engaged if they can choose their own activity and it is something they are interested in.
And that children have major stages in development, in which certain activities are appropriate.

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In Europe, Montessori's ideas have been widely embraced, and many Montessori schools exist in Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands.
In the United States, Montessori schools have become more popular, with over 5,000 schools using her methods. Montessori schools can also be found in countries throughout Asia, Africa, and South America.

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Dr Maria Montessori outlined the diagram for the four planes of development, which outline Montessori education's fundamental theory. Pickering (2017) tells us that Montessori recognised that children “challenged in learning” had “an unequal development”.
In the diagram taken from Montessori for Children with Learning Differences, we can see this unusual or unequal development indicated; it is shown that the development in the first six years is affected, Pickering (2017) suggests that this would lead to all the other periods of development would also be affected.
The percentage of students with SEND is usually higher at Montessori schools than the average population as more parents with ‘at-risk children seek out the individualization of Montessori schools’ (Pickering, 2003).

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The classrooms are spacious, clean, well-ventilated rooms, the windows are low enough for children to look out from, and there are outdoor areas where furniture and equipment are adjusted to the size of the children (Feez, 2010)

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The Montessori Method is an educational approach that emphasizes child-centered learning, hands-on exploration, and specially designed materials to support children's development across multiple domains. The teacher plays a role as a guide, fostering independence and self-discipline while supporting children's learning and development. The approach aims to promote the holistic development of the child across social, emotional, intellectual, and physical domains.

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One interesting fact about Maria Montessori is that she was the first woman in Italy to earn a medical degree in 1896. This was a significant achievement for a woman in that era, as higher education was not commonly available to women at the time. Her background in medicine and biology informed her understanding of child development and influenced the design of the Montessori Method. Additionally, during World War II, Montessori was forced to flee Italy due to her opposition to fascist policies, and she spent much of the war living and teaching in India, where she worked to promote peace and understanding across cultural divides through education.

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she discovered the work of a French doctor Jean Marc Gaspard, on the education of deficient children. He looked at deaf, mute children and how they learn. From studying a particular child named victor who had been raised by wolves. He found that the boy possess no language skills and walked on all fours, like the wolves he had previously lived with. he worked with him for 8 years and supported him to help him learn language and many words. Montessori was interested by this work and it inspired her own methodology. She observed many children as individual case studies and made notes and records of the development which ultimately helped her develop the Montessori teaching method .

- Jess harvey

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The classrooms are designed to create natural opportunities for independence. In these classrooms children work independently and in groups with specially designed learning materials. They engage deeply with their work in these classrooms and respect themselves and their surroundings. The learning is student-led and self-paced but they are guided, assessed, and enriched by knowledgeable teachers, their peers, and the nurturing environment.
- alana

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Lillard (2021) states that in Montessori education, students learn academic subjects through hands on play. However, Montessori believed that fantasy or pretend play could be detrimental to a child’s development as the child may struggle to adjust to the real world (Lillard, 2021). Therefore, a Montessori classroom often promotes students to achieve a real life task by playing (Lillard, 2021). For example, instead of playing a game that involved the child baking an imaginary cake, the child would actually bake and decorate a cake in real life. This hands on approach suggests that the child learns and develops useful skills, while engaging their imagination.
- Nancy Layfield