Fun Fact Friday

President Woodrow Wilson's daughter, a trained Montessori teacher, had a Montessori classroom in the basement of the White House while her father was the president. Can you imagine going to school in the White House?

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We love Mister Rogers and he loves us too! Mister Rogers was a supporter of the Montessori method for many years.

Fun Fact Friday

Famous people who have chosen Montessori schools for their own children:

Patty Duke, actress
John Bradshaw, psychologist and author
William Jefferson and Hillary Clinton, former president/senator, NY
Yo Yo Ma, cellist

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Famous people who have attended Montessori schools as children:

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com
Larry Page and Sergey Brin, founders of Google.com
Julia Child, chef, author and star of many TV cooking shows
Katherine Graham, owner/editor of Washington Post
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, editor and former first lady
Prince William and Prince Harry, English royal family
Anne Frank, famous diarist from World War II
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Noble Prize winner for Literature

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Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist, made his first observations of children in a Montessori classroom.

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Montessori schools can be either public or private. College Center Montessori School is a private school.

Fun Fact Friday

Most of a child's day at a Montessori school is spent on self-chosen work. At College Center Montessori, our Montessori trained teachers present work that is appropriate for the child's learning level. The work is then displayed on shelves for children to pick up on their own. This not only enriches each child's learning but fosters the skill of making appropriate choices - a skill that will last them a lifetime.