Montessori Materials

In this section you will find highlights of the history of the materials, the story of the first manufacturers, how the materials changed over the years and the people who helped to design them. Memorable are the drawings and photos of those early materials.

Philip & Tacey Catalogue Montessori Material Primary

Philip & Tacey Catalogue Montessori Material Primary

Philip & Tacey Catalogue Montessori Material Advanced

Philip & Tacey Catalogue Montessori Material Advanced

Montessori Materials, 1941, Adyar, India

Montessori Materials, 1941, Adyar, India

Nienhuis History

Historical records from Nienhuis (Montessori Leermiddelenhuis).

Interview: Michele Dal Trozzo (Gonzagarredi Montessori)

Interview with Michele Dal Trozzo from Gonzagarredi Montessori and Cristina Venturi from Università di Bologna on the long history of Montessori and Gonzaga (Italian).

Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

An article by Camillo Grazzini in The NAMTA Journal, Volume 22, Number 1, Pathways to Maturity: Fullfilling the Montessori Vision, pages 40 to 63. The first section of Mr Grazzini's article defines Cosmic Education with a brief retrospective of Mario Montessori's concrete illustration of the inte...