The Children's House: February 2015

National Montessori Week - Happy Friday!

Spread the word about
Montessori!
“Within the child lies the fate of the
future.” –Maria Montessori

National Montessori Week - Happy Thursday!

Montessori is brain-based learning.Just ask a pediatric
neuropsychologist!
Unknowingly, Dr. Maria Montessori, tapped into the very
structure of the human brain.
Neuroscientists, developmental
psychologists and pediatricians all
agree that the brain forms crucial
associations based on the very
same process of learning that Dr.
Montessori identified over a
century ago.

Dr. Steven Hughes-Good At Doing Things:

National Montessori Week - Happy Wednesday!

Infancy through high school,
Montessori’s got it all!
Montessori is more than a pre-
school. There are Montessori
programs all over the world for
children from infancy through high
school.

Take a look at the adolescent
curriculums used in two U.S.
schools…

National Montessori Week - Happy Tuesday!

Public, private and charter.
Montessori is for ALL children!
In the U.S., there are 400+ public
and 4,000+ private Montessori
schools. Montessori is growing
and it’s for ALL children!

Learn more about Montessori from
the students and staff of Baltimore
Montessori Public Charter School.

National Montessori Week - Happy Monday!

Someone said, “How children learn influences
who they will become”.
Alumni, tell us one thing you learned at Montessori
school that you still do today…

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me
and I remember. Involve me and I
learn.” –Benjamin Franklin

Will Wright, founder of “Sims”, said: “Montessori
taught me the joy of discovery…it’s all about
learning on your terms, rather than a teacher
explaining stuff to you”.

Montessori Mafia article

Celebrating 108 Years of Montessori Education

February 22nd marks the start of National Montessori Education Week!
Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) was an
Italian physician, educator, and innovator,
acclaimed for her educational method that
builds on the way children naturally learn.
Learn more about Dr. Montessori and her
amazing life and work!

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Did you know?

Some Famous People Who Attended Montessori School as Children:
Jeff Bezos, financial analyst, founder, AMAZON.COM. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Cofounders of GOOGLE.COM. Terry Brazelton, noted pediatrician and author Julia Child, famous chef, star of many TV cooking shows and author of numerous cookbooks. Katherine Graham, owner/editor of the Washington Post. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, editor, former first lady (John F. Kennedy). Prince William and Prince Harry, English royal family. Anne Frank, famous diarist from world war II. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize winner for Literature. Actors George Clooney and Helen Hunt and musician Sean Combs.

Others with a Montessori Connection:
Alexander Graham Bell, noted inventor, provided financial support directly to Dr. Montessori. Helped establish the first Montessori class in Canada and one of the first in the United States. Bruno Bettelheim, noted psychologist/author, was married to a Montessori teacher. Erik Erikson, anthropologist/author. Jean Piaget, noted Swiss psychologist, made his first observations of children in a Montessori school. Alice Waters, restaurateur and writer, is a former Montessori teacher. Thomas Edison, noted scientist and inventor, helped to found a Montessori school. Mister Rogers, children's TV personality, strong supporter of the Montessori method