Maria Montessori stood before a crowd of 60 underprivileged children, her students. It was January 6, 1907, and the 36-year-old educator was opening her first school: the Casa dei Bambini, or ...

Yamili Bagby is a Montessori teacher with 30 years of experience and she explained how the classroom structure differs from a traditional classroom. “They have the choice, to take materials but ...