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The Child Is the Teacher: A Life of Maria Montessori
by Cristina de Stefano, translated by Gregory Conti.
Other Press, 368 pp., £27.99, May 2022,978 1 63542 084 5 Show More
by Cristina de Stefano, translated by Gregory Conti.
Other Press, 368 pp., £27.99, May 2022,
“... If there was one thing Maria Montessori hated, it was play. She also disapproved of toys, fairy tales and fantasy. This came as a surprise to me. I had the impression – from the hippyish reputation of modern Montessori schools – that the essence of the Montessori method was ‘learning through play’. Indeed, this is the way her philosophy is often summarised, including by her admirers ... ”