Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author (not pictured) is a mom of four kids and owns a Montessori school in Brooklyn.lithiumcloud/Getty Images Intensive ...

I was 4 years old and sitting on a small carpet in the middle of the classroom working with my preschool teacher. I was doing my favorite thing: playing bank. I loved matching up big numbers by using ...

It’s been more than 100 years since Dr. Maria Montessori first developed the Montessori method of education, which focuses on building children’s resourcefulness and natural abilities through ...

Montessori learning has become increasingly popular over the past few decades. These 13 accounts focus on how to help kids acquire skills through the Montessori method. From learning how to get ...

WHATEVER one may think of the fundamental doctrines of Dr. Montessori, her books are always eminently readable. She has a fine enthusiasm for her subject, and a rare fund of anecdotal or biographical ...

One of the delicate paradoxes of parenthood is that it is a parent's job to meet their child's needs while at the same time ensuring their child needs them less over time. As intensive parenting rises ...