Montessori Links

 

  1. http://www.montessori.org.uk/index.php -

    This is the website of The Montessori St. Nicholas Charity, the main funding charity for Montessori across the UK.

  2. http://www.montessorimagazine.com/ - Montessori International magazine.
  3. Our equipment in the nursery is from Absorbent Minds, who also allow us use of their images on some of our web pages.
  4. Emma Ridley Montessori - Emma's own website and blog.
  5. North Warnborough Village Hall - where our nursery is located.

 

Trivia

Through the 1990's, Maria Montessori was pictured on the Italian 200 Lire coin and the 1000 Lire note, replacing Marco Polo, until Italy adopted the Euro.

 

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, and his wife Mabel founded the Montessori Education Assocation in 1913. They also provided financial support directly to Maria Montessori and helped establish the first Montessori class in Canada and one of the first in the United States.

 

The American President Wilson's daughter trained as a Montessori teacher. There was a Montessori classroom in the basement of the White House during Wilson's presidency.

 

 

Famous Montessori students

  1. Prince William and Prince Harry, British royal family
  2. Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon
  3. Sergey Brin and Larry Page, co-founders of Google
  4. Anne Frank
  5. Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia
  6. Will Wright, designer of The Sims
  7. Sean Combs, famous rapper of Bad Boy Records
  8. Helen Hunt,Academy Award-winning actress
  9. George Clooney, actor
  10. Gabriel Garcia Marquez, recipient, Nobel Prize for Literature
  11. Jackie Kennedy, former American first lady