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“Normalization” is a term used in the Montessori classroom to describe that state when children are able, by their own volition, to demonstrate focus, concentration, and independence.  They show that they have acquired this internal balance of freedom and discipline by initiating and choosing to do work within the norms of the environment.  And they do this at the earliest levels.   For me, as both parent and teacher, it is the most compelling part of Montessori pedagogy.  Up

Dr. Maria Montessori was born in 1870.  Throughout her long life, she experienced wars and injustice, but never lost her abiding belief in the essential goodness of humankind, and the faith that children held the key for the future. She was an advocate for world peace, and was honored for her work by the United Nations and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.  She was directly involved in the development and founding of the UNESCO Institute for Education and lived all over th

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