Montessori
(mon ~ tes ~ so ~ ri)
- An education for life;
- Student centered;
- Creating a sense of personal empowerment;
- Spontaneous;
- Leading students to discover answers for themselves;
- Creating a fascination and appreciation with the natural world;
- An internalized sense of motivation;
- Multi-sensory;
- Independent thinking and learning;
- System for training and instructing young children;
- Fundamental aim is self-education by the children;
- Accompanied by special emphasis on the senses; and
- Named for Dr. Maria Montessori, Italian educator, (1870-1952).
