Montessori
[mon-tuh-sawr-ee, -sohr-ee; Italian mawn-tes-saw-ree]
- 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.
Historical Examples of montessori
The Montessori pupil does about as he pleases, so long as he does not do any harm.
The Montessori MethodMaria Montessori
No serious discussion of the Montessori system can avoid these questions.
The Montessori MethodMaria Montessori
Not many of them will expect that the Montessori method will regenerate humanity.
The Montessori MethodMaria Montessori
Perhaps, since he is to be a book reviewer, H. should go to a Montessori school.
Seeing Things at NightHeywood 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 ChildrenGeorge Bernard Shaw
Montessori
- 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).
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