Montessori Philosophy

Early in the twentieth century, Dr. Maria Montessori, Italy’s first woman physician, developed educational philosophy, materials and methods based on her scientific observations of young children’s behavior.

Dr. Maria Montessori believed that children learn best by working in a home like setting, filled with developmentally appropriate materials that provide experiences contributing to the growth of self-motivated, independent learners.

Montessori observed that the best learning occurs in multi-age classrooms where children at various stages of development learn from and with each other. Her ‘developmentally appropriate’ approach was designed to fit each child instead of making ‘each child fit the program’.