Page Stories from the Legacy Team Storytelling is such a powerful aspect of the Montessori approach to education. In this section, we will be sharing stories, interviews, oral histories and video clips that reveal the intricacies and impact of Maria Montessori's life and legacy. In short video...
Page Speech at the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute of Education Maria Montessori gave this speech at the first meeting of the Governing Board of the new UNESCO Institute for Education on 19 June 1951.
Page Awards and Honours During her student years Maria Montessori won a prize for her work in general pathology. Throughout her life she would be the recipient of many awards and prizes, culminating in a three-time nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize towards the end of her life. Enj...
News Statue of Maria Montessori The Italian city of Perugia has a special connection to Maria Montessori and her pedagogy. It was here that she delivered one of her last teacher training courses, cherishing many hopes for a study centre in that location. The Montessori presence has remained ...
News The Silvana Montanaro Fund In 2018 Dr Silvana Quattrocchi Montanaro, AMI Trainer and author, passed away. Dr Montanaro was a pioneer in spreading globally the insights of Maria Montessori and her close collaborator Gianna Gobbi, enlivening this knowledge with her own deep psychological s...
News BBC Radio 4 Programme Great Lives Association Montessori Internationale Executive Director, Lynne Lawrence, was invited to be part of the UK’s BBC Radio 4 programme: “Great Lives” about Maria Montessori. The Great Lives series invites guests to focus on someone who has inspired their lives. In ...
News Grazia Honegger Fresco Website Grazia Honegger Fresco was introduced to Montessori education from a very young age: at age 4 she enrolled in one of the Case dei Bambini that Rome boasted. In 1947, at the invitation of Adele Costa Gnocchi, she joined the first experimental class of the new M...
News Remembering Grazia Honegger Fresco AMI was sad to learn of the death of Grazia Honegger Fresco (91) earlier this week. Grazia was a specialist on the early years of human development, and one of the last living students of Maria Montessori. Grazia was not only a much valued expert, she was also ...
News Italian President's Speech 31 August 2020, the President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, issued the following statement on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maria Montessori. “Maria Montessori nasceva centocinquanta anni fa, a Chiaravalle. La sua umanità, i suoi studi, la sua coraggiosa...
