Product Description
In 1907, Italian educator and physician Maria Montessori introduced a revolutionary method for teaching young children of Rome’s working class. Today, there are thousands of Montessori schools throughout the world. This book, one of the first to include original photographs of the first Montessori schools in Germany, Austria and America, explores the main aspects of her theory of education, focusing primarily on the learning materials that are so critical to carry… More >>
Montessori: Educational Material for Early Childhood and Schools
Tags: Childhood, Early, Educational, Material, Montessori, Schools
#1 by JCM on April 13, 2010 - 3:19 pm
As a longtime Montessori educator, it is rare to come across something that lets me see Montessori and Montessori education from a fresh new perspective. A German manufacturer of children’s furntiure was going through its warehouses in preparation for opening a museum of the history of children’s furniture. They discovered several crates, which turned out to be full of Montessori furniture and materials from just before WWII. This led to this book, which is an examination mainly of the design elements and philosophy of both the materials and the school environments. This book is published with German and English side-by-side, and contains many great photos.
Rating: 4 / 5