Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori

1870 – 1952

• Biography
• Bibliography of her publications
• Bibliography of publications about her life and activity
• Full-text documents
• Photo gallery
• Educational establishments following her system of education

31 August 2018 marked the 148th anniversary of the birth of an eminent Italian physician and educator. Her leading idea was that there is a special world of childhood and the development of any child obeys the laws of nature.

She developed a method of teaching grammar and writing, created her own original system of education for preschool and younger children, whish is successfully used at kindergartens and primary schools in Austria, the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Germany, Italy, India, the USA, France, Japan, and many other countries.

Her ideas are perfectly applied in some of the Ukrainian preschool institutions.