Montessori

[ mon-tuh-sawr-ee, -sohr-ee; Italian mawn-tes-saw-ree ]

noun

1. Ma·ri·a [m, uh, -, ree, -, uh, mah-, ree, -ah], 1870–1952, Italian educator.

Montessori

/ ˌmɒntɪˈsɔːrɪ; montesˈsɔːri /

noun

1. MontessoriMaria18701952FItalianEDUCATION: reformer Maria (maˈriːa). 1870–1952, Italian educational reformer, who evolved the Montessori method of teaching children

Example Sentences

These pundits were raised by pot-smoking single moms and went to Montessori schools.

From The Daily Beast

Then have again a brief discussion: Is the Montessori system adapted to American children?

From Project Gutenberg

The households they were brought up in were no more average households than a Montessori school is an average school.

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The Montessori apparatus was originally devised by Dr. Seguin for the instruction of mental defectives.

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This is the social aspect, which finds its explanation in Dr. Montessori's own story of her first school.

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In the second year the Froebelian gift work should predominate, without absolute exclusion of the Montessori exercises.

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