Maria Montessori Letter 6 January 1907

The first Montessori Casa dei Bambini (Children's House) was opened on 6 January 1907 in San Lorenzo, Rome. Maria Montessori wrote the following letter commemorating the occasion.

I started my work like a peasant who had put aside good seeds of wheat, and to whom a fertile piece of land had been offered so he could sow it according to his wish. But it was not to be. As soon as I moved the sods of that earth, I found gold, rather than wheat. The sods were hiding a precious treasure.

Date Created: January 6th, 1907

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