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 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 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 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 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...
News A Voice for Children Maria Montessori spoke out against child labour. The International Labour Organisation draws our attention to the fact that social protection is both a human right and a potent policy tool to prevent families from resorting to child labour in times of crisis. H...
News On This Day, 8 December 1913 106 years ago, Maria Montessori travelled to America for the first time for a brief lecture tour and visits with influential educational groups. On 8 December 1913 she spoke to a capacity filled Carnegie Hall on her method of education and created quite a sens...
News International Day of Peace, 2021 On 21 September, we mark forty years of the International Day of Peace. This day was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly and has been designated as a day of non-violence and cease-fire. This year’s theme is “recovering better for an equi...
