News Montessori eBooks Now Available Great news: Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company is turning its books into Amazon Kindle E-Books! The Absorbent Mind (The Montessori Series Book 1) Kindle Edition The present volume is based on lectures given by Dr. Maria Montessori at Ahmedabad, during the fir...
Page Acclaim in America Maria Montessori travelled to America for the first time in 1913, a hugely successful visit leading to an even greater interest in her educational ideas. In the following year, her American supporters urged her to return to conduct training courses, which were...
Page Objects and Treasures In Maria Montessori’s study at AMI the visitor will find many of Montessori’s personal belongings: photos, paintings, first editions of her books, diplomas and awards, gifts – large and small – from many countries around the world, and some of her furniture. E...
News International Day of Peace Today, 21 September, the International Day of Peace is observed around the world. This day was established by the United Nations in 1981. Education for Peace is a recurring theme in Montessori’s pedagogy: Maria Montessori often spoke passionately on this subje...
News Mario Montessori “My Most Unforgettable Character” In 1965 Mario Montessori granted an interview to The Reader’s Digest, sharing some memories of his exceptional mother: Maria Montessori. First published in the American edition of this magazine, it soon found its way to some of the global editions of The Reade...
Page Courses and Students This section will give an overview of all the courses, with exact dates, locations, the roles of her interpreters, and the names of students that went on to play an important role in the Montessori movement.
Page Delfina Tomassini: An Enduring Passion for Montessori Teaching In 2020, Delfina Tomassini was one of the oldest surviving graduates to have been trained by Maria Montessori herself: a student of Montessori's 1950 course in Perugia, Italy. Tomassini has remained active as a Montessori teacher throughout her working life, a...
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 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, ...