Italy

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 Childr...

AMI Staff | 6 January 2023
Reading time: 14 minutes

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 cours...

AMI Staff | 14 September 2022
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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 ...

AMI Staff | 16 February 2021
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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 openin...

AMI Staff | 6 January 2021
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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 ...

AMI Staff | 1 October 2020
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Maria Montessori Interview

Today, on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Maria Montessori's birth, we are sharing exclusive archival footage of an interview with Maria Montessori upo...

AMI Archivists | 31 August 2020
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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 Monte...

AMI Staff | 30 August 2020
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Special Coin: Maria Montessori 150

The Italians know how to design beautiful objects, and they also know how to celebrate Maria Montessori’s 150th birthday! This 2 Euro coin was officially prese...

AMI Archivists | 16 January 2020
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