Montessori

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

noun

Ma·ri·a [muh-ree-uh; Italian mah-ree-ah], /məˈri ə; Italian mɑˈri ɑ/, 1870–1952, Italian educator.

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How to use Montessori in a sentence

So now, people try to avoid making it seem like it’s all snuggly babies and well-behaved toddlers who would never purposely flood a Montessori vegetable garden.
The Hidden Truth About Parenting Isn't That It's Really Hard | Lucy Huber | February 17, 2022 | Time
Throughout the day, general manager Emma Teller observed Pluto for a behavioral assessment that would decide if he was a long-term fit for her Montessori school.
At doggie day care, a pandemic puppy spends his first day without mom and dad | Emily Davies | July 29, 2021 | Washington Post
There would be WeLive apartment rentals and WeGrow schools, the latter a Montessori-like experiment overseen by Neumann’s wife, Rebekah Paltrow, cousin to Gwyneth.
The details of WeWork’s unraveling are stranger than fiction | Allison Stewart | July 22, 2021 | Washington Post
At one point, as Honig notes, he argued that deferring to the independent decisions of low-level prosecutors would be “a good philosophy for a Montessori preschool.”
An indictment of William Barr’s tenure as attorney general | Quinta Jurecic | July 9, 2021 | Washington Post
Our daughter has her Montessori rocker in there, as well as various books and toys.
The Foam Mats That Help Me Exercise More | Will Taylor | May 20, 2021 | Outside Online

These pundits were raised by pot-smoking single moms and went to Montessori schools.
Why 2016’s Hopefuls Are Hopeless | P. J. O’Rourke | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Then have again a brief discussion: Is the Montessori system adapted to American children?
The Complete Club Book for Women | Caroline French Benton
The households they were brought up in were no more average households than a Montessori school is an average school.
A Treatise on Parents and Children | George Bernard Shaw
The Montessori apparatus was originally devised by Dr. Seguin for the instruction of mental defectives.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Various
This is the social aspect, which finds its explanation in Dr. Montessori's own story of her first school.
The Montessori Method | Maria Montessori
In the second year the Froebelian gift work should predominate, without absolute exclusion of the Montessori exercises.
The Montessori Method | Maria Montessori

British Dictionary definitions for Montessori

Montessori

/ (ˌmɒntɪˈsɔːrɪ, Italian montesˈsɔːri) /

noun

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

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