Maria Montessori Quotes


If we can, when we have established individual discipline, arrange the children, sending each one to his own place, in order, trying to make them understand the idea that thus placed they look well, and that it is a good thing to be placed in order . . .


Citations

Montessori, Maria. The Montessori Method. Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1912, p. 93.

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Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori
  • Born: August 31, 1870
  • Died: May 6, 1952
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Profession: Physician Educator

Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at an all-boys technical school, with hopes of becoming an engineer. She soon had a change of heart and began medical school at the Sapienza University of Rome, where she graduated with honors in 1896. Her educational method is in use today in many public and private schools globally.