Maria Montessori

Interpreting Montessori, A Selection of Writings by Mario M. Montessori

“Interpreting Montessori” is the most recent addition to the impressive Montessori series of Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company. Mario Montessori’s writings offer a highly personal and knowledgeable journey through the unique dynamics of Montessori’s ideas on human development. His insights remind...

On this day, 31 August 1915, 45th Birthday

On this day, 31 August 1915, 45th Birthday

Maria Montessori celebrated more than 80 birthdays, but surely one of the best birthday gifts must have been a speech from a student on her 45th birthday, which...

AMI Staff | 31 August 2025
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Maria Montessori Film

Maria Montessori Film

Journalists, documentary makers, and filmmakers seek support and collaboration to create more authentic and compelling works reflecting Maria Montessori’s influ...

AMI Staff | 2 April 2025
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On This Day, 6 January 1907, Trailblazing

On This Day, 6 January 1907, Trailblazing

The Italian physician and educator opened her first school in Rome on this day in 1907. In the article by Sonja Anderson from Smithsonian Magazine, she looks at...

AMI Staff | 6 January 2025
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On This Day, 31 August 1940

On This Day, 31 August 1940

On 31 August 1940 Maria Montessori celebrated what would be the first of six birthdays spent in India. The 1940 day was an exceptionally celebratory occasion, as...

AMI Staff | 31 August 2024
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A Moment to Remember Maria Montessori

A Moment to Remember Maria Montessori

Today we take a moment to remember Maria Montessori. On May 6, 1952, "Maria Montessori went on from this life," as her son Mario wrote. Touched by the unanimous...

AMI Staff | 6 May 2024
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Maria Montessori La Nouvelle Femme

Maria Montessori La Nouvelle Femme

The AMI team in Amsterdam was invited to watch the screening and meet with the director of the upcoming movie Maria Montessori La Nouvelle Femme. The film, dire...

AMI Staff | 20 March 2024
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Historical Photo: Students Visit Pierson Home, 1939

Historical Photo: Students Visit Pierson Home, 1939

A group of students from the London 1939 course visited the Pierson home ‘Intimis’ in Baarn, The Netherlands, 1939. This home provided a haven to Maria Montessor...

AMI Staff | 11 December 2023
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Child on the Sea of Life Brooch

Child on the Sea of Life Brooch

In the 1920s and 1930s Maria Montessori designed a brooch that her graduates could buy via the material manufacturers Philip & Tacey: a beautiful brooch in two ...

Joke Verheul | 7 December 2023
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Where It All Began

Where It All Began

The Association Montessori Internationale was founded by Maria Montessori in 1929. The initiative to form AMI was taken at the first International Montessori Con...

AMI Staff | 12 November 2023
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Universality and Permanence

Universality and Permanence

Mario Montessori Junior described the power and influence of the movement over the years on the occasion of AMI's 60th birthday. It still rings all very true.Fr...

AMI Staff | 4 November 2023
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The Forgotten Citizen

The Forgotten Citizen

In I947 Maria Montessori wrote an open letter to all governments. Excerpts from this letter are printed below.

AMI Staff | 2 November 2023
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