Welcome
As you have noticed, your three, four and five year old child
has a phenomenal ability to learn. Maria Montessori's observations
of this time in a child's life are reflected in the book she
wrote which is titled The Absorbent Mind. At Olivia's Montessori
Preschool we are concerned with what children are learning. We
have created a child's community that will enrich your child
academically and spiritually.
Children are exposed to language, pre-reading, reading, math, geography, art, science, grace and courtesy, care of the environment and respect for themselves and their environment. We would be delighted to have you come and visit our school.
Maria Montessori, born in 1870, was the founder of the Montessori method. She was the first female medical doctor in Italy. As a research project she studied children in a mental asylum to observe how and if they could be stimulated to learn. Through intense observation and the contribution of two other doctors, Dr. Jean Itard and Edouard Seguin, they developed teaching apparatus that stimulated the patients. The results were astounding!
Maria's next move was to apply her method to children living in the impoverished San Lorenzo District near Rome. She opened the Casa dei Bambini - The Children's House. She accepted 60 children aged 3-kindergarten. Again, the results were extraordinary and she received world wide acclaim.
The first American Montessori Society was founded in 1914. The president of the AMS was none other than Alexander Graham Bell. Montessori was a guest of the Thomas Edison family while the AMS was founded. The secretary was Margaret Wilson (Woodrow Wilson's daughter). McClure of McClure's magazine asked Maria to come to this country to teach. He lured her by offering her the school of her dreams. She declined and traveled around the world teaching her method. She died in 1952 and today there are Montessori schools on every continent.
Children are exposed to language, pre-reading, reading, math, geography, art, science, grace and courtesy, care of the environment and respect for themselves and their environment. We would be delighted to have you come and visit our school.
Maria Montessori, born in 1870, was the founder of the Montessori method. She was the first female medical doctor in Italy. As a research project she studied children in a mental asylum to observe how and if they could be stimulated to learn. Through intense observation and the contribution of two other doctors, Dr. Jean Itard and Edouard Seguin, they developed teaching apparatus that stimulated the patients. The results were astounding!
Maria's next move was to apply her method to children living in the impoverished San Lorenzo District near Rome. She opened the Casa dei Bambini - The Children's House. She accepted 60 children aged 3-kindergarten. Again, the results were extraordinary and she received world wide acclaim.
The first American Montessori Society was founded in 1914. The president of the AMS was none other than Alexander Graham Bell. Montessori was a guest of the Thomas Edison family while the AMS was founded. The secretary was Margaret Wilson (Woodrow Wilson's daughter). McClure of McClure's magazine asked Maria to come to this country to teach. He lured her by offering her the school of her dreams. She declined and traveled around the world teaching her method. She died in 1952 and today there are Montessori schools on every continent.
