Montessori

[ mon-tuh-sawr-ee, -sohr-ee; Italian mawn-tes-saw-ree ]

noun

1. Ma·ri·a [m, uh, -, ree, -, uh, mah-, ree, -ah], 1870–1952, Italian educator.

Montessori

/ montesˈsɔːri; ˌmɒntɪˈsɔːrɪ /

noun

1. MontessoriMaria18701952FItalianEDUCATION: reformer Maria (maˈriːa). 1870–1952, Italian educational reformer, who evolved the Montessori method of teaching children

Example Sentences

So now, people try to avoid making it seem like it’s all snuggly babies and well-behaved toddlers who would never purposely flood a Montessori vegetable garden.

From Time

Throughout the day, general manager Emma Teller observed Pluto for a behavioral assessment that would decide if he was a long-term fit for her Montessori school.

From Washington Post

There would be WeLive apartment rentals and WeGrow schools, the latter a Montessori-like experiment overseen by Neumann’s wife, Rebekah Paltrow, cousin to Gwyneth.

From Washington Post

At one point, as Honig notes, he argued that deferring to the independent decisions of low-level prosecutors would be “a good philosophy for a Montessori preschool.”

From Washington Post

Our daughter has her Montessori rocker in there, as well as various books and toys.

From Outside Online

These pundits were raised by pot-smoking single moms and went to Montessori schools.

From The Daily Beast

Then have again a brief discussion: Is the Montessori system adapted to American children?

From Project Gutenberg

The households they were brought up in were no more average households than a Montessori school is an average school.

From Project Gutenberg

The Montessori apparatus was originally devised by Dr. Seguin for the instruction of mental defectives.

From Project Gutenberg

This is the social aspect, which finds its explanation in Dr. Montessori's own story of her first school.

From Project Gutenberg

In the second year the Froebelian gift work should predominate, without absolute exclusion of the Montessori exercises.

From Project Gutenberg