Happy Birthday Maria Montessori

Check out the Google Doodle today to find out more about the amazing woman Dr. Maria Montessori!  Just so happens the Google guys were Montessori children!

Here are some articles that may be of interest:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/2012/0831/Maria-Montessori-a-bold-life-breaking-gender-boundaries

http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Tech-Culture/2012/0831/Maria-Montessori-and-10-famous-graduates-from-her-schools/Google-founders-Larry-Page-and-Sergey-Brin

 

We are proud to be carrying on the Montessori Method!

Food For Thought... Raising Successful Children

From the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/opinion/sunday/raising-successful-children.html?pagewanted=all

A Visit to a Montessori Classroom

Here is a wonderful article which may help parents understand a little of what we are all about.  Although not all classrooms are the same, it is important to have a specific feel to the classroom.  It is not ours, it belongs to the children.
http://mariamontessori.com/mm/?p=2102