Links to media articles will be posted on this website. Please notify us of any media coverage relating to the Centenary of the Montessori Movement by email to montessoricentenary@bigpond.com. 27 August 2007 Montessori method celebrates a century of individualized teaching The Huntsville Times - al.com - Huntsville, AL, USA By PAT NEWCOMB Maria Montessori didn't start out to become an educator. She was a doctor, the first female graduate of the University of Rome's medical... <http://www.al.com/living/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/living/118820620327910.xml&coll=1> 16 July 2007 Montessori schools celebrating anniversary Norwich Bulletin - Norwich, CT, USA By PARISA KHAKUEI Ever since Meredith Diette's son, Simon, 5, entered the Montessori program, he has kept surprising his parents with what he learns every ... <http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070716/NEWS01/707160308/1002> 12 June 2007 Montessori education turns 100 Minnesota Public Radio - Saint Paul, MN, USA by Laura McCallum, Minnesota Public Radio Montessori education celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. It was in 1907 that Italian physician Maria ... <http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/06/06/montessori/> 3 June 2007 100 years of Montessori Magic Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati, OH, USA When Italian pediatrician Maria Montessori opened her first Casa dei Bambini - Children's House - in a Roman slum 100 years ago, she had no idea her ... <http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070603/EDIT03/706030353/1090> What you say: The Montessori magic turns 100 Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati, OH, USA I enrolled him in Central Montessori Academy in the fall of 2006, and he has blossomed. Aidan experiences life through all of his senses, and the Montessori ... <http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070603/EDIT03/706030354/1090> 31 May 2007 Pupils Go Extra Mile For Abused Children on Sponsored Walk Camden New Journal - Camden Town, London, UK Children from Hampstead’s Maria Montessori School joined more than 20,000 other schools around the world in taking 100 steps for charity. <http://www.thecnj.co.uk/camden/053107/news053107_06.html> 20 May 2007 Montessori and Me Washington Post - Washington, DC, USA When Maria Montessori docked in New York on her first trip to America in 1913, crowds greeted her ship, and her arrival made the front pages. ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/18/AR2007051801703.html> 19 May 2007 The Cult of the Pink Tower Slate - Washington Post Online Magazine Montessori turns 100what the hell is it? By Emily Bazelon <http://www.slate.com/id/2166489> 10 May 2007 A lesson about Montessori education Burlington Times News - Burlington, NC, USA Montessori is actually the legacy of Italian physician Maria Montessori, who opened the first school 100 years ago and studied the development of her ... <http://www.thetimesnews.com/onset?id=1955&template=article.html> Downs celebrates educational anniversary Malvern Gazette - Worcester, UK Children at the Downs School in Colwall will next week join in celebrations for the centenary of Montessori education. In 1907 the first Montessori school ... <http://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/malvnewsroundup/display. var.1389362.0.downs_celebrates_educational_anniversary.php> 100th Anniversary of Montessori Education Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada Centenary Exhibit opens in Toronto on May 14th Recent research supports Maria Montessori's ideas 100 years later TORONTO, May 10 /CNW/ - A century after the ... <http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2007/10/c7265.html> 30 April 2007 Redlands Montessori school celebrates 100 years Press-Enterprise (subscription) - Riverside, CA, USA REDLANDS - Events celebrating the 100th anniversary of Montessori education will culminate on Saturday with a spring carnival. Montessori in Redlands will ... <http://www.pe.com/localnews/sbcounty/stories/PE_News_Local_B_b2spot01.3e41f17.html> 28 April 2007 100 years and learning: Montessori schools celebrate centennial of ... Gwinnett Daily Post - Griffin, GA, USA LAWRENCEVILLE One hundred years ago, Maria Montessori opened her first school, with the goal of creating world peace through education. ... <http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=32&url_article_id=27353&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2> 22 April 2007 Montessori Education Reaches 100 Years Jamestown Post Journal - Jamestown, NY, USA It was 1907 when Dr. Maria Montessori opened her first Casa dei Bambini, or Children’s House, in Rome, Italy. Montessori schools throughout the world are ... <http://post-journal.com/articles.asp?articleID=14744> 21 April 2007 Early learning goes under microscope... Gulf Daily News - Manama, Bahrain More than 160 people from the region and worldwide are expected to attend the First International Early Childhood and Montessori Conference. ... <http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=179838&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=30032> Montessori school plans to celebrate two milestones Redlands Daily Facts - Redlands,CA,USA REDLANDS - Montessori in Redlands will mark two milestones during its "Grand Reopening and Centenary Celebration of Montessori Education" at 1 pm Saturday, ... <http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/news/ci_5714178> 10 April 2007 Century of Montessori Times Online - Auckland, New Zealand The Montessori class from Howick Primary also attended and has its own tree in the grounds of the preschool, she says. “All the children are very excited ... <http://www.times.co.nz/cms/news/education/2007/04/art100016149.php> 29 March 2007 Montessori schools thrive in NE Ohio Cleveland Plain Dealer - Cleveland, OH, USA This year, as thousands of Montessori schools across the country commemorate the movement's 100th anniversary, Northeast Ohio is showing proof of its ... <http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1175167843204920.xml&coll=2> 23 March 2007 Tried and true Montessori methods celebrate 100 years Hudson Star Observer - Hudson, WI, USA On March 29, Heartland Montessori School will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Dr. Maria Montessori’s innovative work observing children’s developmental ... <http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/articles/index.cfm?id=23015§ion=homepage> 18 March 2007 Montessori turns 100 Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne, IN, USA The peaceful scene in the first-, second- and third-grade classroom at Towles Intermediate School is typical of Montessori schools. ... <http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/16930090.htm> 17 March 2007 Montessori schools celebrate century of innovative teaching KUAM.com - Dededo, GU, USA The Montessori School of Guam joins the Montessori Schools worldwide to celebrate 100 years of educating students. Director of the local school... <http://www.kuam.com/news/21440.aspx> 14 March 2007 Montessori marks international centenary Gisborne Herald - Gisborne, New Zealand Gisborne joins in the celebrations this weekend as Montessori schools across the world mark 100 years of education. The Gisborne branch of Montessori will ... <http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/article.asp?aid=8696&iid=671&sud=27> Taming Montessori Education Week News - Bethesda, MD, USA The classrooms at the Robert Goddard Montessori School are stocked with materials that could be found in any school that follows the same 100-year-old ... <http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/03/14/27montessori.h26.html> 3 March 2007 Registration opens for education conference Gulf Daily News - Manama, Bahrain The two-day event, to be held from May 26 at Beit Al Quran, will also celebrate the legacy of Maria Montessori and the establishment of her theories 100 ... <http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=171678&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=29349> 1 March 2007 Celebrating 100 years of Montessori Rockford Register Star - Rockford, IL, USA Although student-directed learning is at the core of the Montessori philosophy, wearing pajamas to school is not. Just because students there as young as 4 ... <http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2007103010076> At Montessori school, hands-on exercises and peer teaching make ... Jackson Sun - Jackson, TN, USA This method of teaching is called Montessori, and Canaday as well as others like her are strong proponents of it. Canaday founded the Montessori Center of ... <http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070301/NEWS01/703010305/1002> Montessori concept celebrates 100th anniversary LaCrosse Tribune - LaCrosse, WI, USA In Kylie Droessler’s classroom at Coulee Montessori, 4- and 5-year-olds are scattered about the room, sitting on white floormats. ... <http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2007/03/01/news/02montessori.txt> 27 February 2007 Montessori educational method to be displayed Anderson Independent Mail (subscription) - Anderson, SC, USA The classroom is to provide a demonstration of the instructional method developed by Italian physician Maria Montessori. The event is part of the Montessori ... <http://www.independentmail.com/news/2007/feb/26/montessori-educational-method-be-displayed/> 27 February 2007 Dress Rehearsal for UN Trip: Montessori Students Present International Issues St Thomas Source - St Thomas, Virgin Isalnds Twelve junior diplomats tested their persuasive skills Monday afternoon before a largely admiring audience <http://www.onepaper.com/stthomasvi/?p=1153549083#continue> 24 February 2007 Students celebrate Montessori anniversary Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati, OH, USA Villa Madonna Montessori's 60 students sent thoughts of peace to six different countries Wednesday during a ceremony to commemorate Montessori education's ... <http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070224/NEWS0102/702240405/1058/NEWS01> Montessori method has wide impact in field of education Anderson Independent Mail (subscription) - Anderson, SC, USA When you see those pint-sized chairs in classes for small children, you canthank Maria Montessori. She’s credited with developing the idea. ... <http://www.independentmail.com/news/2007/feb/23/montessori-method-has-wide-impact-field-education/> 22 February 2007 Students celebrate centennial of first Montessori school Rock Hill Herald - Rock Hill, SC, USA Robbie Collins, 3, works with a calendar Wednesday at the Freedom Montessori school for preschoolers in Rock Hill. Tots ages 2 to 5 were practicing geometry ... <http://www.heraldonline.com/109/story/13262.html> 21 February 2007 Montessori schools plan open house Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton, OH, USA In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Maria Montessori’s teaching philosophy, area Montessori schools will be hosting open houses for the community. ... <http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=337463&Category=9> MONTESSORI WAY Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield, MA, USA The term had not been coined yet, but Maria Montessori was thinking "outside of the box" a century ago when she founded the school that bears her name. ... <http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_5272709> 20 February 2007 V.I. Montessori School students to attend United Nations program The Virgin Islands Daily News - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands ST. THOMAS - V.I. Montessori School is gearing up to send 12 students to a special United Nations program next month in New York City... <http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article?id=17604337> Should 'traditions' continue into the next century? Columbo Daily News - Columbo,Sri Lanka EDUCATION: Dr. Maria Montessori, the creator of what is called "The Montessori Method of Education," based a new dimension to children's education on her ... <http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/02/20/fea02.asp> 18 February 2007 Sergey Brin speaks at Montessori Centenary Event in San Francisco Zormasa's blog - By Zormasa (Zormasa), USA Drove up to San Francisco on Friday for the Montessori Centenary celebration. It's a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first Montessori school. For some there are classes to attend but for others, like me, there are only ... <http://zormasa.vox.com/library/post/sergey-brin.html> Teach more children the Montessori way Baltimore Sun - Baltimore, MD, USA This year is being celebrated worldwide as the Montessori centenary, marking 100 years since the opening of the first Casa dei Bambini (Children's House) in ... <http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op. montessori18feb18,0,2539045.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines> 17 February 2007 Montessori School in Corte Madera hosts 300 for tour of facilities Marin Independent-Journal - San Rafael, CA, USA Three hundred Montessori educators from around the world gathered Friday afternoon at Corte Madera's Marin Montessori School, recently named a "model ... <http://www.marinij.com/marin/ci_5244504> 16 February 2007 SCHOOL NOTES Montclarion - Montclair, CA, USA The Renaissance School is celebrating its 15th anniversary and honoring 100 years of Montessori education at 11 am today. ... <http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/ local/states/california/alameda_county/montclair/16713117.htm> Plans made to celebrate 100 years of Montessori River Falls Journal (subscription) - River Falls, WI, USA It was just over a century ago in January 1907 that Dr. Maria Montessori opened her first children’s house, “Casa dei Bambini,” in the slums of Rome. ... <http://www.riverfallsjournal.com/articles/index.cfm?id=81565§ion=Education> 15 February 2007 Century of Montessori Manawatu Standard - Manawatu, New Zealand Montessori pre-schools, primary schools and secondary schools throughout the world are celebrating 100 years since the opening of the first Casa dei Bambini ... <http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/eveningstandard/3962975a20379.html> 14 February 2007 Montessori Education Marks 100 Years with Centenary Celebration in ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco, CA, USA Using insights derived from countless hours of observation and study of children using the science of her day, Dr. Montessori called the world’s attention ... <http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp? ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070214006191&newsLang=en> 13 February 2007 National Open Day As Montessori Celebrates Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand Hundreds of Montessori children and past pupils will gather at their local Montessori centre or school on Saturday, February 17, to celebrate 100 years of ... <http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0702/S00042.htm> 9 February 2007 Montessori celebrates 100th anniversary Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester, NY, USA (February 9, 2007) GREECE The Greece Montessori School, 300 Chesterton Road, will participate in an area-wide open house of Montessori schools on Monday ... <http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070209/NEWS05/702070370/1002/NEWS> 8 February 2007 Aamir Khan, Zayed and Suniel Shetty come together IndiaFM - Bombay, India Aamir Khan, Zayed Khan and Suniel Shetty came together for the first time to participate in the commemorative walk with Montessori school children.... <http://www.indiafm.com/news/2007/02/08/8847/> 6 February 2007 Montessori turning 100 Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK, USA "Nobody asked him to do it," said Lori Karmazin, Patrick's teacher, or guide, as she and other Montessori educators are called. ... <http://www.tulsaworld.com/NewsStory.asp?ID=070206_Ne_A13_Monte3847> Education: Keeping Montessori in Kitsap's Public Schools Kitsap Sun (Subscription) - Bremerton, WA, USA The concepts seem New Age, but Marie Montessori's methods of teaching have been in practice for 100 years. They can be observed, for now, ... <http://www.kitsapsun.com/bsun/local/article/0,2403,BSUN_19088_5328188,00.html> 4 February 2007 Montessori School holds two-day expo Hindu - Chennai, India CHENNAI: Patasala Montessori School hosted a two-day exhibition on Friday and Saturday called `Yesterday's Discovery, Today's Science' to celebrate the ... <http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/04/stories/2007020415370200.htm> 2 February 2007 100 years of Montessori Monroenews.com - Monroe, MI, USA 27 at Ellis Reference & Information Center to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the first Montessori school. The event was intended to ... <http://www.monroenews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070203/NEWS01/102030034> Staunton school celebrates two anniversaries in 2007 Staunton News Leader - Staunton, VA, USA STAUNTON Walk into a class at the Staunton Montessori School and you'll find, as one teacher described it, the picture of ordered chaos. ... <http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070202/NEWS01/702020324/1002> 1 February 2007 Montessori School of Westfield celebrates Peace Noblesville Ledger - Noblesville, IN, USA Students from the Montessori School of Westfield celebrated their fourth Peace Pole Ceremony Jan. 8, along with the 100th anniversay of the first Montessori ... <http://www.thenoblesvilleledger.com/articles/9/084212-2859-093.html> 30 January 2007 Learning the Montessori way still fun 100 years later Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle, WA, USA As teacher Jan Kamischke looks on, 5-year-old Ella McFarlane draws a kanji symbol at Pacific Crest School, a 21-year-old Montessori school on the fringe of ... <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/301691_montessori30.html> 28 January 2007 Celebrating Montessori method Charlotte Observer - Charlotte, NC, USA The idea behind Montessori education, created a century ago by Italy's Maria Montessori, is that children learn best when self-motivated and they do much of ... <http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/ north_carolina/counties/mecklenburg/16564332.htm> Education world remembers revolutionary Montessori Manila Bulletin - Manila, Philippines At Nerina Noe’s, like in thousands of other Montessori schools around the world, children are free to choose what kind of activity they want to engage in ... <http://www.mb.com.ph/YTCP2007012985736.html> 27 January 2007 Still Teaching 100 Years LaterMontessori Schools 13WHAM-TV - Rochester, NY, USA Some say young workers of today aren't thinking for themselves, but Lisa VanVechten believes Montessori's method of teaching changes that. ... <http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=61edea63-e874-4947-9d24-ed519a780ae0> A time for celebration: Montessori marks 100 years Central Kitsap Reporter - Kitsap, WA, USA Students, teachers and alumni of Montessori schools are coming together today to celebrate the program’s 100 year anniversary, with 15 of those years in the ... <http://www.centralkitsapreporter.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=93&cat=23&id=820447&more=> 26 January 2007 Teaching mavericks celebrate centenary Hampstead and Highgate Express - London, England, UK THE pioneering Montessori teaching technique celebrates its 100th birthday this year and practitioners from Hampstead have been celebrating in Rome.... <http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/hamhigh/news/story.aspx ?brand=NorthLondon24&category=Newshamhigh&tBrand=northlondon24 &tCategory=newshamhigh&itemid=WeED26%20Jan%202007%2015%3A34%3A55%3A770> Two-day Montessori centenary fete Hindu - Chennai, India HYDERABAD: The Montessori Training and Research Centre in association with Lady Hydari Club, Association Montessori Internationale and city unit is ... <http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/26/stories/2007012621580500.htm> 24 January 2007 Montessori school is exactly 100 years old Expatica - Netherlands AMSTERDAM This year, it was one century ago that the Italian Maria Montessori opened her first Casa Dei Bambini. The Dutch Montessori Association (NMV) is ... <http://www.expatica.com/actual/article.asp?subchannel_id=19&story_id=35783> Montessori looks back and ahead USA Today - USA When Italian physician Maria Montessori opened a school in a Rome slum 100 years ago this month, she drew jeers and suspicion for her unique approach of ... <http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-01-24-montessori_x.htm> The Montessori method of teaching Connellsville Daily Courier - Connellsville, PA, USA It's been 100 years since Dr. Maria Montessori began teaching children in San Lorenzo, Rome, in a new kind of way, allowing the children to make their own ... <http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_490053.html> 21 January 2007 Educator celebrates teaching pioneer Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville, IL, USA When the Centenary of the Montessori Movement opened in Rome, Italy, earlier this month, a metro-east woman was one of the featured speakers.... <http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/columnists/16512070.htm> 20 January 2007 Maria Montessori in India Hindu - Chennai, India I was thrilled to read the article "The Montessori phenomenon" (Janaury 7, 2007) mainly because of the photo of Dr. Maria Montessori and her son Mario at ... <http://www.hindu.com/mag/2007/01/21/stories/2007012100200600.htm> 19 January 2007 100 Years of Montessori Education BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour - London, UK This month marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first Montessori school. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2007_03_fri.shtml> Previous Radio Interview on BBC <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2002_18_mon_05.shtml> Teachers celebrate Montessori's 100th anniversary Eagle Tribune - North Andover, MA, USA ANDOVER - Earlier this month, 1400 educators gathered in Rome to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first Montessori school.... <http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_019120335> 18 January 2007 Montessori method a century old Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ, USA Maria Montessori, Italy's first female physician, launched her educational method 100 years ago this month, inspiring a movement that has fostered ... <http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0117gr-montessori0117Z12.html> Celebrating 100 years of Montessori St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, FL, USA Wider Horizons School celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Montessori movement with an open house for the community from 9 to 10 am Feb. 26, 27 and 28.... <http://www.sptimes.com/2007/01/18/Hernando/Celebrating_100_years.shtml> Montessori's milestone shows value of creativity Concord Monitor - Concord, NH, USA Commend this newspaper for printing "Montessori hits 100 years" on Jan. 6. Especially at this time of education reform, it is important to get a clear... <http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070117/ REPOSITORY/701170306/1028/OPINION02> School hits all the headlines Dunmow Broadcast - Stevenage, Herts, UK The school, which has 90 pupils, first started using the Montessori method for its reception class in September and has been very impressed by the.... <http://www.dunmow-broadcast.co.uk/content/dunmow/news/story.aspx?brand=SAFOnline &category=NewsDunmow&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsDUN &itemid=WEED17%20Jan%202007%2016%3A14%3A02%3A953> Montessori Turns 100, What Is It Again? Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle, WA, USA You have heard of it, you've seen it, and maybe your kids are even enrolled in it, but what do you really know about Montessori? ... <http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/family/archives/110540.asp> 16 January 2007 Celebrating 100 years of Montessori Waterford Today - Waterford, Ireland 2007 is a very special year for the Montessori world as we are celebrating the centenary of the first Montessori school (Casa dei Bambini - House of ... <http://www.waterford-today.ie/index.php?id=20199&what=1&issue=335> 12 January 2007 Montessori marks 100 years Dundas Star - Dundas, Ontario, Canada Colin Macdonald Community School celebrated 100 years of Montessori education with an open house at the Sanders Boulevard school on Monday. ... <http://www.dundasstarnews.com/dsn/news/news_698268.html> Montessori celebrates 100th anniversary of founding Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ, USA Dr. Maria Montessori, Italy's first female physician, launched her educational method 100 years ago this month, inspiring a movement that's fostered ... <http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/0111gr-montessori11-on.html> Good Education in the District Washington Post - Washington, DC, USA Montessori programs offer children a wonderful education. My two children are thriving in a Montessori program in the District public schools. ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/11/AR2007011101712.html> 8 January 2007 Another primary school gives children choice to aid results Yorkshire Post Today - UK Teachers at the 90-pupil Stebbing Primary School, near Great Dunmow in Essex, removed brightly coloured wall displays and brought in natural wood furniture ... <http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1960743> 7 January 2007 Montessori brings calm to second state primary Times Online - UK The Montessori teaching method, in which children learn at their own pace and testing is banned, has been adopted by a second state primary school in... <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2536505,00.html> School celebrates dramatic change in teaching method This is London - UK The Stebbing Primary project emerged as the Montessori movement celebrated its 100th anniversary. On January 6, 1907, Maria Montessori opened the first Casa ... <http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23380751-details /School+celebrates+dramatic+change+in+teaching+method/article.do> A milestone for Montessori evokes a mother's appreciation Boston Globe - Boston, MA, USA Montessori educators from all over the world are in Rome today, celebrating the 100th anniversary of a revolutionary act in children's education: the... <http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/01/07 /a_milestone_for_montessori_evokes_a_mothers_appreciation> Montessori students celebrate anniversary Daily Democrat - Woodland, CA, USA Children from Bergamo Montessori Schools in Sacramento and Woodland are busy planning the celebration of one of the most important occasions in the history ... <http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_4948970> Montessori schools mark 100 years of alternative learning Juneau Empire (subscription) - Juneau, AK, USA On Saturday, communities all over the world celebrated the centennial of "Children's House," the first Montessori school in a suburb called San Lorenzo. ... <http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010707/loc_20070107005.shtml> School trials 'dramatic' change in teaching methods 24dash.com - Hereford, Herefordshire, UK A second state primary school is adopting the Montessori teaching method in which children are encouraged to choose what they learn - with dramatic results ... <http://www.24dash.com/education/14995.htm> 6 January 2007 Montessori’s century-old methods still popular today South China Morning Post A new school following the child-based teaching approach will open its doors in Hong Kong next week on the anniversary of its Italian founder, writes Liz Gooch <http://casadeibambini.com.hk/images/south.pdf> Schools mark a century of pupil independence S.F. to host celebration-conference for Montessori method begun in Roman slum San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco, CA, USA Most striking about the classrooms at Marin Montessori School is what isn't there -- no blackboard, no teacher lecturing, and, at day's end, no homework. "Unless you really need it," said Charlotte Crouchley, 9. "If you're slacking." That's not all there... <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/06/BAGTRNDPG01.DTL &hw=montessori&sn=001&sc=1000> The Montessori phenomenon Hindu - Chennai, India As Medical Officer of Hygiene, Dr. Maria Montessori had been asked to undertake the organisation of infant schools in the model tenements of a building ... <http://www.hindu.com/mag/2007/01/07/stories/2007010700010100.htm> Giving kids the freedom to learn The Hamilton Spectator - Ontario, Canada Montessori method is 100 years young Tony Evans, director of the Montessori school in Dundas, was first introduced to the philosophy as a pupil in the 1960s. <http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer? pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1168038615117&call_ pageid=1020420665036&col=%201014656511815> Montessori schools teach children at their own pace St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis, MO, USA St. Charles A small black-and-white photograph of the Italian educator Maria Montessori hangs on the wall in Miriam Gutting's office like a totem.... <http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/education/story/ 2C04BE839A1D22998625725B00228C57?OpenDocument> Montessori schools to celebrate centennial Juneau Empire (subscription) - Juneau, AK, USA Juneau parents, teachers and students are joining colleagues around the world Saturday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Montessori education.... <http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/010507/loc_20070105001.shtml> An enduring education legacy Royal Gazette - Hamilton, Bermuda When Maria Montessori began teaching badly-needed life skills to a group of disadvantaged children in early 20th Century Rome, she could never have foreseen ... <http://www.theroyalgazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070106/NEWS/101060163> 5 January 2007 Seabrook school celebrates 100 years of Montessori Business Gazette - Gaithersburg, MD, USA Robert Goddard French Immersion and Montessori School in Seabrook commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Montessori program and the 20th anniversary of ... <http://www.gazette.net/stories/010407/princou132742_31999.shtml> Education: Fioroni, We Thank Maria Montessori Agenzia Giornalistica Italia - Italy "Italian education has a great debt to Maria Montessori, an exemplary figure in education which has passed through time and who had the courage to create an ... <http://newson.agi.it/italy-on-line/notizie/200701051824-cro-rt11174-art.html> Montessori-Pädagogik: "Hilf mir, es selbst zu tun" Die Zeit - Germnay In den ersten Januartagen werden rund 1500 Erzieher und Montessori-Fans aus aller Welt nach Rom kommen, um Bilanz ihrer 100- jährigen Methode zu ziehen. <http://www.zeit.de/news/artikel/2007/01/05/87046.xml> Montessori Centenary Year Begins January 6, 2007 Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand The centenary year for Montessori education begins on January 6. This was the date in 1907 that Dr Maria Montessori opened the first Montessori casa dei ... <http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0701/S00002.htm> Island briefs Bermuda Sun - Bermuda Children from Bermuda's three Montessori Schools are busy planning celebratory events for one of the most important occasions in the history of their school ... <http://www.bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID= 270&ArticleID=32045&TM=63658.21> 3 January 2007 Merits of Montessori schooling praised Cape Times (subscription) - Cape Town, South Africa ROME: A colourful sign reading "Help me to do it alone" greets children as young as 18 months at Rome's Nerina Noe Montessori International School.... <http://www.capetimes.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3610481> Montessori, Now 100, Goes Mainstream The Casper Star Tribune - Casper, WY, USA Maria Montessori agreed. Her Children's House offered a few dozen young students freedom. They could sort blocks, measure with beads, play with wooden ... <http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/01/03/news/world/ b89e4f9b2e59c1e08725725800032cbc.txt> A century of letting kids learn their own way Yakima Herald-Republic - WA, USA Gavin Kessler, 5, and Owen DeVaney, 6, work together on a counting game at the Montessori School of Yakima. The Yakima school is marking its 40th anniversary. Stepping into a classroom at the Montessori School of Yakima is like walking into a world run by children. <http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/287879359504209> 2 January 2007 Montessori, Now 100, Goes Mainstream Washington Post - USA ... Bambini. Maria Montessori agreed. ... education. More than 5,000 Montessori schools are spread across the United States, at least 8,000 worldwide. ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/01/AR2007010100742.html> Education World Remembers Revolutionary Montessori Playfuls.com - Targu Mures, Romania by News Staff. A colourful sign reading "Help me to do it alone" greets children as young as 18 months at Rome's Nerina Noe Montessori International School. ... <http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_7040-Eduction-World-Remembers-Revolutionary-Montessori.html> 30 December 2006 Local Montessori school to celebrate 100 years of popular ... Ridgecrest Daily Independent - Ridgecrest, CA, USA The children at Heritage Montessori School are joining in the worldwide celebration of 100 years of Montessori education. January 6, 2007 marks the ... <http://www.ridgecrestca.com/articles/2006/12/29/news/lifestyles/edu01.txt> 26 December 2006 Local Montessori leaders gear up for centenary SalemNews.com - MA, USA BEVERLY - As the city gears up for its New Year's festivities, local Montessori leaders are looking forward to another jubilee - the centenary celebration of ... <http://www.salemnews.com/local/local_story_360121716> 19 December 2006 Montessori Education Celebrates Centenary This Day (subscription) - Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria Montessori International, Opera Nazionale Montessori, eminent Professors, academics and distinguished speakers who would among other things, draw attention of ... <http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=66123> |