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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Contemporary Examples of montessori

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

Historical Examples of montessori

The Montessori pupil does about as he pleases, so long as he does not do any harm.
The Montessori Method
Maria Montessori
No serious discussion of the Montessori system can avoid these questions.
The Montessori Method
Maria Montessori
Not many of them will expect that the Montessori method will regenerate humanity.
The Montessori Method
Maria Montessori
Perhaps, since he is to be a book reviewer, H. should go to a Montessori school.
Seeing Things at Night
Heywood Broun
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

British Dictionary definitions for montessori

Montessori

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for montessori

Montessori

1912, in reference to the system of education through free but guided play, devised 1907 by Italian educationist Maria Montessori (1870-1952).