Most important was her belief in cultivating a respectful attitude toward the child. Her ground-breaking discoveries of a young child’s naturally absorbent mind and innate love of purposeful work and learning led her to give students freedom within a carefully prepared environment equipped with what they needed to grow and learn. Montessori’s careful observations also led her to develop theories on how children learn best. They learned to take care of themselves as well as their school while being exposed to lessons and tools that taught them how to succeed in life. As a result of her teachings, the children dramatically changed. Casa dei Bambini (Children’s House) opened in the poverty-stricken San Lorenzo district of Rome in 1907. Montessori was asked to create a school for “normal” children.
Following her success with special-needs children, Dr. These didactic materials remain relevant to this day, helping children learn skills from the simple to complicated, and from the concrete to abstract. She also created innovative materials for language, math, history, geography and science. She designed lessons and equipment to help children develop their muscles, care for the environment (Practical Life), and educate the senses (Sensorial Materials). Montessori used the term “scientific pedagogy” to explain her continued study, research, and observations of young children. With inspiration from the research of Seguin, Itard, and Froebel, she began creating educational equipment for children who were considered unteachable. 
She began developing her teaching methods when she worked as a pediatrician in a psychiatric hospital for “deficient” children. Encouraged by her mother to continue with her education, she became the first woman to receive a medical degree from the University of Rome in 1896. Maria Montessori was born in Chiaravalle, Italy in 1870. Noticing how children were challenged by the expectation to behave as adults in a world created for grown-ups, this amazing woman is responsible for, among other things, the revolutionary introduction of child-size furniture. 
Perhaps your children attend a Montessori school, or maybe you home school with inspiration from her method. She developed a theory of education that continues to thrive more than a century after she opened her first school. Maria Montessori was Light years ahead of her time, creating something that lasts more than a century.
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