| Montessori School was founded by Maria | | | | their teachers. This new method that Montessori |
| Montessori who was both an educator and | | | | created gave children the room to gain more |
| physician of Italian origin. She was the first Italian | | | | knowledge without having to be confined or |
| woman to receive a medical degree and start her | | | | conformed to the everyday classroom mindset |
| psychiatric clinic while attending the University of | | | | that was the norm. They are allowed to work at |
| Rome and became inspired to start an | | | | their own speed with their own goals in mind, |
| Orthrophrenic School in Rome after having to deal | | | | allowing each child to take as long as they need to |
| with the experiences she had among mentally | | | | progress without having to worry about waiting |
| handicapped children. | | | | for others to catch up to their level. |
| The Inspiration | | | | The customary learning method encompasses the |
| Montessori gained some of her inspiration from | | | | theory that a child must acquire reading and |
| philosophers Seguin and Itard. They were two | | | | writing skills before they turn five, so they can |
| French educators who gave her the idea of | | | | have additional training in a learning environment |
| teaching the mentally challenged even though she | | | | before they begin to go to school. Montessori's |
| knew that she would be a more effective | | | | method is even more efficient in that children |
| teacher to children of normal intelligence. So she | | | | learn through making their own associations and |
| founded Casa dei Bambini in 1907 where | | | | correlations between several objects and |
| Montessori subsequently polished her teaching | | | | concepts, making them motivated to learn on |
| skills. This new school grew to be very effective | | | | their own. Once the student feels they are ready |
| and beneficial and Montessori became famous in | | | | to pursue another level of learning from new |
| countries all over the world. By 1912, her newly | | | | assignments, their teacher -- also known as a |
| published book, The Montessori Method, went into | | | | director -- guides them to the next level of |
| extensive detail about her many methods and | | | | learning immediately, so as to not waste any time |
| techniques and set the standard for primary | | | | or forget any of the knowledge that has already |
| educational school everywhere. | | | | been attained. |
| The Method | | | | This keeps the student from creating unhealthy |
| While previous methods of education included | | | | study habits in the meantime. Montessori teachers |
| using tactile methods that allowed children to learn | | | | understand when a child is ready and how vital it |
| and maintain their attention in a tangible manner, | | | | is to make sure they begin the next level of |
| Montessori chose to expand the horizons with a | | | | learning as soon as possible. This method provides |
| technique that involved making the child | | | | teachers with the knowledge that children are far |
| concentrate on a task without stress or effort. | | | | more capable than adults think that they are and |
| This technique was proven to be more effective | | | | children have the room to define their optimum |
| as children were successfully learning without the | | | | potential, goals, and limits. |
| pushy motivation often put onto students from | | | | |