The Montessori system of education values learning through play in early childhood development. That's because Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori believed that children are innately ...

Skip the batteries and nurture your little one’s growth with my favorite wooden puzzles, stacking towers and play kitchens instead.

In 1897, Montessori, one of the first women in Italy to earn a medical ... the concept of kindergarten and gave his name to the toys known as “Froebel gifts”: balls of yarn, wooden spheres ...