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Interesting people with interesting Montessori connections: Alexander Graham Bell, inventor, provided financial support directly to Dr. Montessori. Helped establish the first Montessori class in Canada and one of the first in the United States. Erik Erikson, anthropologist/author, had a Montessori teaching certificate. Jean Piaget, noted Swiss psychologist, made his first observations of children in a Montessori school. Alice Waters, restaurateur and writer, is a former Montessori teacher. Thomas Edison, noted scientist and inventor, helped to found a Montessori school. Mister Rogers, children’s TV personality, strong supporter of the Montessori method. President Wilson’s daughter, a trained Montessori teacher, had a Montessori classroom in the basement of the White House during her father’s Presidency.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 22:51:28 +0000

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