Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessoriwas an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in some public and private schools throughout the world...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth31 August 1870
CityMarche, Italy
CountryItaly
Maria Montessori quotes about
mind awakening firsts
Imitation is the first instinct of the awakening mind.
discouragement conviction source
The greatest source of discouragement is the conviction that one is unable to do something
helping environment hinder
Environment is undoubtedly a secondary factor in the phenomena of life; it can modify in that it can help or hinder, but it can never create.
nature
In nature nothing creates itself and nothing destroys itself.
discipline liberty mute
Discipline must come through liberty.
effort wonder individual
It follows that at the beginning of his life the individual can accomplish wonders without effort and quite unconsciously.
firsts intellect senses
First the education of the senses, then the education of the intellect.
growing-up children bears
No adult can bear a child’s burden or grow up in his stead.
hands mind organs
The hand is the prehensile organ of the mind.
educational practice ideas
Mental development must be connected with movement and be dependent on it. It is vital that educational theory and practice should be informed by that idea.
today social social-life
Education, as conceived today, is something separated both from biological and social life.
nature transformed destroyed
in nature everything is transformed but nothing destroyed.
leadership moving want
Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.
teacher art children
The art of Montessori, which simply means finding the best way to help the child himself become what he was meant to become from the first moment of conception, is an art that joins home and school. That means parent and teacher supporting one another in their responsibility to the life of the child.