News On This Day, 6 January 1942, Speech Maria Montessori spoke to her students on the 6 January 1942, celebrating the anniversary of the inauguration day of the first Casa dei Bambini (House of Children). The first Montessori environment was opened on the 6 January 1907 in San Lorenzo, Rome, Italy, ...
News On this Day, 6 January 1942 In 1942, on 6 January Maria Montessori shared the story of San Lorenzo and the first Casa dei Bambini with her students: Today is the anniversary of the opening of the first Casa dei Bambini. Quite often people ask if this method is suitable for poor children...
News On This Day, 6 January 1941 On this day, 6 January 1941, Maria Montessori paused to reflect a little on the creation of the first Casa dei Bambini, in 1907. She described to her students on the second Indian Montessori training course that the first children came to the Casa “undernouris...
News Maria Montessori Tulip A special tulip in honour of Maria Montessori has been commissioned in The Netherlands. This tulip is now available for sale enabling schools and families to grow the Maria Montessori tulip as part of the global celebration for Montessori 150. With Montessori's...
News Among AMI's Most Important Tasks Among AMI's most important tasks are first of all, to maintain the vitality of the method and to contribute on a continuing basis, now and in the future, to the growing universal awareness of the needs of the child, thereby actively participating in the deve...
News Universality and Permanence Mario Montessori Junior described the power and influence of the movement over the years on the occasion of AMI's 60th birthday. It still rings all very true.From a presentation by Mario Montessori Junior to the Irish Society, in 1989, originally published in ...
News Book Release: Creative Development in the Child Maria Montessori lectured in Italian during the first International Montessori Course in 1939 in Madras (Chennai), India. These 75 lectures were translated into English by her son Mario, as she spoke. The lectures are left in the same order as they were given,...
News Montessori Tulip Book We are excited to announce an exquisite boutique publication on the occasion of the launch of the Maria Montessori tulip: a small colourful book with spectacular photo's and a host of details on the tulip, its history, the way it is bred and tips on how to pla...
News The Forgotten Citizen In I947 Maria Montessori wrote an open letter to all governments. Excerpts from this letter are printed below.
News On This Day, 29 February 1912 On this day 108 years ago in 1912: Maria Montessori received this letter. Many such letters and notes were written to her during those early years (1907–1914) with a request to be permitted to visit and observe the children during their activities. This particu...
