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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nDuring this time, Dr. Montessori experienced significant changes in her personal life. Her mother, Renilde Stoppani, passed away in 1912, and Montessori was reunited with her son, Mario, who had been raised by a foster family since infancy. Maria Montessori had never married, and due to societal expectations and her professional ambitions, she had arranged for Mario to be raised by others. He later became an integral part of her work, continuing her legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interest in the Montessori educational approach was particularly strong in the United States, where prominent figures such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Helen Keller, and Margaret Woodrow Wilson\u00a0(President Wilson\u2019s daughter) supported her work. The American journalist Samuel McClure convinced Montessori to travel to the U.S. for a three-week lecture tour in 1913, which he described as a journey \u201cfor the conquest of the world\u201d. Dr. Montessori boarded the SS Cincinnati in Naples for a 12-day voyage to America, where she delivered lectures, including two at Carnegie Hall in New York. It has been reported that President Woodrow Wilson and his daughter were so impressed by the Montessori Method that a Montessori classroom was installed in the White House. During her travels, Montessori kept personal and inspirational notes that have since been translated into English and published in\u00a0Maria Montessori Sails to America: A Private Diary, 1913<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>by Carolina Montessori, Dr. Montessori\u2019s great-granddaughter.<\/p>\n\n\n The\u00a0Evening Star<\/em>\u00a0newspaper published an article in 1913 highlighting Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel\u2019s advocacy for making Washington, D.C., America\u2019s headquarters for Montessori education. Anne George, the first American graduate of Dr. Montessori\u2019s training program in Rome, helped introduce the Montessori Method to the U.S. She was the Director of an early Montessori school in Washington, D.C., with the support of the Bell family. Montessori\u2019s ideas ignited a debate in America about traditional education versus the Montessori approach, which emphasized children\u2019s independence and self-directed learning rather than a rigid, teacher-driven curriculum. Her visit to the U.S. made such a profound impact that she was urged to return as soon as possible to lead more lectures and training programs, as unauthorized training centers were emerging. If Maria Montessori was unable to come herself, it was requested that she send someone who was qualified to train teachers in her method.<\/p>\n\n\n In 1915, Maria Montessori returned to the United States, this time accompanied by her son, Mario. She addressed thousands of educators in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego and participated in the\u00a0Panama-Pacific International Exposition (\u201cWorld\u2019s Fair\u201d)<\/em>\u00a0in San Francisco. One of the most famous moments of this visit was the \u201cGlass Classroom\u201d, a demonstration where 30 children worked independently in a transparent, glass-walled environment, allowing spectators to witness the Montessori Method in action. During this visit, Montessori wrote letters that have since been preserved and published in Maria Montessori Writes to Her Father: Letters from California, 1915<\/em>, also translated by Carolina Montessori. Dr. Montessori’s California lectures have been archived, with English translations by Robert G. Buckenmeyer, who also compiled articles she published in various newspapers.<\/p>\n\n\n After Maria Montessori\u2019s passing in 1952, her son Mario continued to spread her educational philosophy. In 1960, he appointed Nancy McCormick Rambusch to establish the\u00a0American Montessori Society (AMS)<\/em>, which played a crucial role in expanding Montessori education in the United States. Rambusch founded Whitby Montessori School in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1958, and today, there are more than 15,750 Montessori schools worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n At\u00a0The Montessori Children\u2019s Academy (MCA)<\/em>, we continue to honor Maria Montessori\u2019s legacy by celebrating \u201cMontessori Education Week\u201d alongside schools around the world. During this special week in February of each year, MCA students demonstrate Montessori Practical Life exercises for parents and visitors, sing Montessori songs, study Italy, review the timeline of Dr. Montessori\u2019s life and work, and practice the \u201cSilence Game\u201d, a mindfulness exercise inspired by Montessori\u2019s teachings on peace. For Montessori Education Week 2025, parents were also invited to observe their children\u2019s classroom activities, and the celebrations concluded with a pizza party at Nonna\u2019s Pizza and Italian Restaurant in Florham Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n by Camilla Nichols, Senior Director of Montessori Developmentand Tori Inkley, Executive Director The very first official Montessori training course was held in Rome, Italy in 1913. While the course attracted international attendees, the majority were from America. Maria Montessori taught the theory lessons in Italian at her home and the practical lessons\/demonstrations took place at\u00a0Casa […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[28,276,303,306,261,305,3,1],"tags":[10,73,25,4,144,259,147,6,260],"coauthors":[16],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/themontessorichildrensacademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Blog-6.jpeg?fit=214%2C320&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7icff-mZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":418,"url":"https:\/\/themontessorichildrensacademy.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/01\/110-years-of-montessori\/","url_meta":{"origin":1425,"position":0},"title":"110 Years of Montessori","author":"Alex Chiu","date":"March 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Montessori schools around the world are celebrating Montessori Education Week this week. 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