Inspiring Montessori Quotes

Maria Montessori was born in Italy in 1870.  She became the first female physician in Italy.  In 1906 she accepted the challenge to work with a group of children in the San Lorenzo district of Rome.  It was there that the first casa dei Bambini, Childen's House, was founded.

In many ways Montessori was ahead of her time.  It is estimated that there are 20,000 Montessori schools worldwide on six continents.  Over one hundred years later, the Montessori method and Montessori graduates continue to shape our world.  Famous Montessori graduates include the founders of Google and Amazon, NBA basketball superstar Stephen Curry and Prince William and Prince Harry.  

Here are some of our favourite Montessori quotes.

Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities for their future.

Five Classes of Vertebrates - Bird Puzzle

The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge.  He has the power to teach himself.

Large Button Dressing Frame

It is the child who makes the man, and no man exists who was not made by the child he once was.

Making a Scarecrow

  The child's progress does not depend only on his age, but also on being free to look around him.

Story Alphabet

The first essential for the child's development is concentration.  The child who concentrates is immensely happy.

Planting Flower Seeds

A Drawing by a Four Year Old