Montessori

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

/ ˌmɒn təˈsɔr i, -ˈsoʊr i; Italian ˌmɔn tɛsˈsɔ ri /

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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

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|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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