Maria Montessori, born in Italy in 1870, was Italy’s first woman physician and one of the great educators of our time, pioneered the work with the children that we carry on today at Bambini Montessori School. Her first association with children began in 1898 at the University Psychiatric Clinic in Rome. Through intense study, observations and long days working with these children, she discovered that their problems were more emotional than medical, so designed special learning materials to meet their