Montessori Toddler: Positive Parenting in the Digital Age

The book started with the thought-provoking bait about how Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of Meta), Bill Gates (Co-Founder of Microsoft), and Jeff Bezos (CEO of Amazon) have something in common, which is that they attended the Montessori school.

Begin with the history of what or who Montessori is and what background, values, and the journey of the Montessori school became a childcare curriculum at first in Rome, then became first established in the Netherlands, and later became a government-sponsored curriculum to teach in schools. And how it eventually became established in the USA and all over the world.

Maria Montessori (1870) was born in Italy. A doctor who pursued pediatric psychiatry who thinks therapeutic learning instead of medical intervention. She moved to Rome. 

Casa Dabambini 1906: while looking for a job in Rome, she runs a children's house that cares for children while their parents work. At that time, school starts at the age of 6. So the house is for the under-6-year-old children.

No money. No teacher other than her and the building helper. 

Montessori is a citizen of the world who traveled around the world and, along the way, perfected her teaching. The Netherlands is the first nation to embed the Montessori curriculum in the national curriculum and sponsored by the government. Montessori died in 1952 and was buried in the Netherlands. 

3 milestone in Montessory time:

• • 0-6 yo
  • 6-12 yo
  • 12-18 yo
• The Montessori curriculum focuses on mutual respect between adults and children, is environmentally friendly for kids' development, observations, and the role of guiding rather than instructing from the parents/guardians.