"The secret of good teaching is to regard the child's intelligence
as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown,
to grow under the heat of flaming imagination."
- Maria Montessori
as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown,
to grow under the heat of flaming imagination."
- Maria Montessori
Famous people who were Montessori educated:
- Prince William and Prince Harry: English Royal Family
- Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: Editor, Former First Lady
- Larry Page: Co-Founder of Google
- Sergey Brin: Co-Founder of Google
- Jeffrey Bezos: Founder of Amazon.com
- Katharine Graham: Owner/Editor of the Washington Post
- Sean Combs: Musician and Entrepreneur
- Anne Frank: Author of The Diary of Anne Frank
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Nobel Prize winner for Literature
- T. Berry Brazelton: Pediatrician and Author
- Julia Child: Chef and Author of many Cooking Television Programs
Famous people connected to Montessori include:
- Alexander Graham Bell: Mr. Bell the inventor and his wife Mabel founded the Montessori Education Association in 1913. They also provided financial support directly to Dr. Maria Montessori and helped establish the first Montessori class in Canada and one of the first in the United States.
- Mister Rogers: Children's TV personality was a strong supporter of Montessori education.
- Thomas Edison: Scientist and Inventor who helped found a Montessori school.
- Margaret Wilson: Daughter of President Woodrow Wilson and trained as a Montessori teacher. There was even a Montessori classroom in the basement of the White House during Wilson's presidency.
- Alice Waters: Restaurateur and writer who is a former Montessori teacher.
- Bruno Bettelheim: Noted Psychologist/Author who was married to a Montessori teacher.
- Erik Erikson: Noted Anthropologist/Author who had a Montessori teaching certificate.
- Jean Piaget: Noted Swiss Psychologist who made his first observations of children in a Montessori school. He was also head of the Swiss Montessori Society for many years.
Famous parents who chose Montessori:
- Prince Charles and Princess Diana: English Royalty
- Stephen J. Cannell: Television Producer, Writer and Director
- Patty Duke Austin: Actress
- Cher Bono: Musician and Actress
- John Bradshaw: Psychologist and Author
- Yul Brynner: Actor
- Marcy Carcy: TV producer
- Bill and Hillary Clinton: Former President and First Lady
- Michael Douglas: Actor
- Shari Lewis: Puppeteer
- Yo Yo Ma: Cellist
- Jennifer Granholm and Daniel Mulhern: Governor of Michigan