Sublime

In response to the crisis in American education, more than five thousand public and private schools across the nation have adopted the timeless Montessori Method of teaching, of which this book is the cornerstone.

John Amos Comenius, a Moravian bishop of the seventeenth century, a self-styled pansophist and pedagogue, is rightly considered one of the founders of the modern school. He was among the first to propose seven or twelve grades of compulsory learning. In his Magna Didactica he described schools as devices to “teach everybody everything” and outlined

L’association Montessori International revendique aujourd’hui l’existence de plus de 20 000 écoles Montessori dans le monde. Cette pédagogie semble adaptée pour se préparer à relever les défis du siècle si on en croit à la fois des études sur des classes Montessori mais aussi quelques anecdotes devenues célèbres. Plusieurs grands innovateurs ont té

Maria Montessori, who advised parents not to do things for children that they can do for themselves. Put differently, do for the children as little as possible and as much as necessary. If my child can tie her laces without help, then unless I’m extremely pressed for time, I have to let her do it on her own. If my child can prepare a whole meal, or