Life and Work of Miss Maria Montessori

mare Montessori was born in August 31, 1870. She was the first woman in Italy to receive a medical examination degree. She worked in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology& education. She believed that each child is born with a ridiculous potential to be revealed, rather than as a blank slate waiting to be written upon. Her main contributions to the work of those of us heave and educating children are Preparing the most natural and life supporting environment for the child Observing the child animate freely in this environment Continually adapting the environment in order that the child may take on his greatest potential physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually The Early Years mare Montessori was always a little beforehand of her time. At age thirteen, against the wishes of her father but with the support of her mother, she began to attend a boys technical enlighten. After seven years of engineering she began premed and, in 1896 became a physician.In her work at the University of capital of Italy psychiatric clinic Montessori certain an interest in the treatment of special needs children and, for several years, she worked, wrote, and spoke on their behalf. Miss maria as an Educationalist Maria lectures on the importance of educating disabled children at a national medical congress and at a national teachers congress in Turin, Italy. She travelled to capital of the United Kingdom and Paris to get word the work of earlier pioneers in this field, Jean Itard and Edouard Seguin. In 1898 Maria becomes a phallus of the National League for the Education of Retarded Children.Maria is appointed co-director with Dr. Giuseppe Montesano of the State Orthophrenic School (for mentally developmentally challenged children) in Rome. In 1898 Maria becomes a member of the National League for the Education of Retarded Children. Maria is appointed co-director with Dr. Giuseppe Montesano of the State Orthophrenic School (for mentally retarded children) in Rom e . She leaves the Orthophrenic School in 1901 and returns to the University to study psychology and philosophy. The University of Rome appoints Maria as a lecturer in science and medicine, and she chairs theDepartment of Anthropology mansion house of Children She was given the opportunity to study normal children, taking charge of fifty poor children of the dirty, desolate streets of the San Lorenzo slum on the outskirts of Rome in 1907. The news of the unprecedented success of her work in this Casa dei Bambini House of Children in short spread around the world, people coming from far and wide to see the children for themselves. Dr. Montessori was as astonished as anyone at the realized potential of these children The Montessori Method Marias book, The Montessori Method, is published in Italian Anne George, an American, and goes to Rome to take Marias training course. The first American Montessori School opens in Tarrytown, New York this is the aftermath of great interest in a lon g article about Montessori that was published in the American magazine, McClure. Marias book The Montessori Method is translated into English. in1912.Maria visits the U. S. for the first time due to Sam McClures persuasion there are already over one hundred Montessori schools in operation. Maria gives a lecture at New Yorks Carnegie Hall on Dec. . The Montessori American Committee becomes the Montessori Educational connexion under the direction of Mabel Bell (Alexander Graham Bells wife) as president. Spains first Montessori school opens. Success of Montessoris Method Since her death an interest in Dr. Montessoris methods have continued to spread end-to-end the world. Her message to those who emulated her was always to turn ones attention to the child, to follow the child. It is because of this basic tenet, and the observation guidelines left by her, that Dr. Montessoris ideas will never become obsolete.The potential of the child is not just mental, but is revealed only when the sleep together Montessori method is understood and followed. The childs choice, practical work, care of others and the environment, and above all the high levels of concentration is reached when work is value and not interrupted, reveal a human being that is superior not only academically, but emotionally and spiritually, a child who cares deeply about other people and the world, and who works to discover a unique and individual way to contribute. This is the essence of real Montessori work today.