https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2 Made with a lightning strike of genius en-us 2021-12-14 14:02:18 UTC 2026-03-03 00:51:45 UTC hello@padlet.com oxfordandrew https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947045661 Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle, Italy, on August 31, 1870.]]> 2021-12-14 14:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947045661 oxfordandrew https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947054978 Not much is known about Montessori's Early Childhood, however when she was 6 years old, she was given multiple awards in school for great behavior.]]> 2021-12-14 14:07:06 UTC https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947054978 oxfordandrew https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947065675 Montessori entered into Regia Scuola Tecnica Michelangelo Buonarroti, a technical school where she studied Italian, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, accounting, history, geography, and sciences. ]]> 2021-12-14 14:10:24 UTC https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947065675 oxfordandrew https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947078513 Montessori graduated secondary school at 16, and pursued a higher education at Regio Istituto Tecnico Leonardo da Vinci. Then, after graduating with high honors, they went on to the University of Rome, and got a degree in natural sciences.]]> 2021-12-14 14:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947078513 oxfordandrew https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947093157 From 1896 - 1901, Montessori worked with "phrenasthenic" children, and while doing so became an icon for women and cognitively challenged children. Montessori had 1 son, named Mario, who she had to give up to a wet nurse for the first few years of his life. Later, in his teenage years, Mario proved to be quite a help to Montessori's experiments.]]> 2021-12-14 14:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947093157 oxfordandrew https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947110795 Montessori started their medical career when she got accepted as a voluntary assistant to the University of Rome, where she observed children with mental illnesses in asylums, which greatly changed what she wanted to do in life.]]> 2021-12-14 14:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947110795 oxfordandrew https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947124179 In 1900 the National League opened the Scuola Magistrale Ortofrenica, or Orthophrenic School, which was a school that specialized in teaching mentally impaired children. Montessori was made co-director. During her two years at the school, Montessori developed methods which she would adapt to mainstream children later in her career.]]> 2021-12-14 14:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947124179 oxfordandrew https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947135082 In 1902, Montessori joined the University of Rome once more, this time to get a degree in philosophy. (Philosophy included psychology back then.) She studied theoretical and moral philosophy, history of philosophy, and psychology as such, but she did not graduate. During this time she began to consider adapting her methods of educating mentally disabled children to mainstream education]]> 2021-12-14 14:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947135082 oxfordandrew https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947148730 In 1906, Montessori was invited to oversee a group of children's education. The school in which they were taught was not conventional what so ever. The classroom was equipped with a teacher's table and blackboard, a stove, small chairs, armchairs, group tables for the children, and a locked cabinet for the materials that Montessori had developed at the Orthophrenic School. These children learned things such as how to button and unbutton shirts, and things of that manner]]> 2021-12-14 14:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947148730 oxfordandrew https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947168288 The second "Montessori" school was opened in 1907, where they continued using unique tactics to teach children basic life skills. In 1909, people from different nations started noticing the brilliant tactics in which Montessori taught. In 1911, Montessori's style of teaching was adapted to Italy and Switzerland. By 1912, Montessori schools had opened in Paris and many other Western European cities, and were planned for Argentina, Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Switzerland, Syria, the US and New Zealand. in 1911 and 1912, Montessori's work became widely popularized in the U.S.A. In 1915, Montessori's father died, and she returned to Italy.]]> 2021-12-14 14:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947168288 oxfordandrew https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947278752 From 1906 to 1946 all that Montessori did was further her impact upon poor families and children with mental illnesses. She gave 30 lectures in India on the first three years of life, and a government-recognized training course in Sri Lanka. In 1946, Montessori moved to Amsterdam, and spent the next 6 years travelling in Europe and India. ]]> 2021-12-14 15:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947278752 oxfordandrew https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947279947 Montessori died of a cerebral hemorrhage on May 6, 1952, at the age of 81 in Noordwijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.]]> 2021-12-14 15:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/oxfordandrew/c6ym0mic9lp1dtq2/wish/1947279947