Carolyn Sherwin Bailey went to Rome in 1913 to watch the Montessori method at work in the new Trionfale School. Instead of describing the apparatus, she writes portraits of particular children, from Margherita and the fierce Otello to Mario with his finger eyes and Raffaelo hungry for colour, showing how sense-training, freedom and patience shaped each one.
An affectionate eyewitness record of Montessori’s early schools, valuable for parents, teachers and historians of education. Download the free EPUB.