M aria Montessori was born in Italy in 1870. She was a math prodigy. At 24 she was the first woman to graduate from the medical school in Rome. We know Montessori for inventing a radical new scheme for teaching children. Children, she said, are their own best teachers.
Adults have as much to learn from children as children do from adults.
Give children a rich learning environment. Then give them room to breathe. Montessori drew ardent support and heated opposition. Her supporters were drawn by her success. Her opposition said she destroyed discipline with her methods.