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Montessori

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

noun

  1. Maria 1870–1952, Italian educator.



Montessori

/ montesˈsɔːri, ˌmɒntɪˈsɔːrɪ /

noun

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

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His career paths are hunter, forager or watchtower guard, but he seems more like the product of a progressive Montessori school, even with his dad urging him to cackle at shredded deer intestines.

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I think of being super young and going to a Black Montessori school in Westchester, off of Sepulveda and Manchester, and then living basically off of Western and Manchester.

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Parents have a wide range of options to choose from when it comes to preschool, from faith-based programs at temples and churches to Montessori and nature schools.

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The list of virtues on the wall, the way the light poured into the canteen, the communal spaces laid out according to Montessori principles.

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Let’s face the hypocrisy of a Black Lives Matter sign posted in our front yard, right next to our kids’ Montessori private school.

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