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- Developed by Italian Dr. Maria Montessori.
- First woman doctor in Italy.
- Began in 1907 in San Lorenzo, Rome at “Casa Dei Bambini”.
- She wanted to develop an environment to observe children’s behavior.
- It was the first educational program for children in poverty and children with disabilities.
- Methods became popular in private and parochial schools after 1950
- Now there are 4, 000 Montessori schools in the U.S.
- There are 7,000 Montessori schools world wide.
- In the U.S.,Canada and Netherlands Montessori schools are incorporated into public schools.
