FAMOUS MONTESSORI PUPILS

Montessori education is characterized by an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child’s natural psychological development.

Famous Montessori Pupils - have included amongst others:

	Jeff Bezos - the founder of Amazon on-line books sales
	Sergey Brin* - attended Maryland, USA Larry Page* - at Montessori school Michigan, age 2-6 - co-founders of Google * In 2009 Forbes Magazine voted them the 5th most powerful people in the world with President Hu Jintao 2nd behind the US President Barack Obama.
	Jimmy Wales - founder of Wikipedia credits his intellectual curiosity to the influence of the Montessori method on his early education.
	Jackeline Kennedy Onassis - as a young girl age 6 - then wife of JKF, 35th president of the USA
	Gabriel Garcia Marquez - nobel prize for literature. His book "100 years of solitude"
	Katherine Graham - owner and editor ot the Washington Post
	Yo Yo Ma - renowned cellist
	George Clooney - hollywood actor
	Sean Combs - musician, record producer and singer under the stage name P. Diddy

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Key Differences between Montessori, Traditional and the CIS customised approach to Education:-

Montessori: based on helping the natural development of the human being
Traditional: based on the transfer of a fixed stock of knowledge
CIS: Both

Montessori: children follow their own individual interest in deciding what to learn
Traditional: children learn accordingly to a set curriculum which is the same for everyone
CIS: The children learn at their own pace and style, but we help each child to be stimulated to follow our customised curriculum.

Montessori: children teach themselves using materials specially prepared for the purpose
Traditional: children are taught everything by the teacher
CIS: We adopt a 'hands-on' approach, but leave the children 'to discover' for themselves.

Montessori: understanding comes through the manipulation of materials and the promotion of children's ability to find things out for themselves
Traditional: learning is based on the memorisation of facts and is limited to what is given.
CIS: We create the environment for each child to excel with activities that will enhance their emotional, regulatory and social development as well as increase their maths and language skills through structured teaching.

LINK
www.holisticeducator.com/montessori.htm "STUDY OF HUMAN NATURE: DR. MARIA MONTESSORI, FOUNDER OF THE NEW EDUCATION MOVEMENT IN EUROPE.