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
develops discovered education human natural process teacher
And so we discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.
confusion details teach
To teach details is to bring confusion; to establish the relationship between things is to bring knowledge.
kindness children wish
Let us treat them [children], therefore, with all the kindness which we would wish to help to develop in them.
maturity young practicals
Only practical work and experience lead the young to maturity.
independence
He who is served is limited in his independence.
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.
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.
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.
generosity unity together
We shall walk together on this path of life, for all things are part of the universe and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.
children self shoes
Any child who is self-sufficient , who can ties his shoes, dress or undress himself, reflects in his joy and sense of achievement the image of human dignity which is derived from a sense of independence.