Maria Montessori stood before a crowd of 60 underprivileged children, her students. It was January 6, 1907, and the 36-year-old educator was opening her first school: the Casa dei Bambini, or ...

80 children aged between 4 and 7 years, belonging to the underprivileged section, are being provided with the opportunity to ...

But at the time, the theory that providing children with stimulating ... The school refused her, so Montessori enrolled in the general university; studied physics, mathematics and natural sciences ...