Born in 1870 in Italy, Maria Montessori knew she would make an impact on the world. With her parent's encouragement, Maria began studying to become an engineer, something that was not encouraged of a young woman of that era. The educational experience that Maria received at the engineering school so dismayed her that it became a model of what not to do.Instead Maria decided to become a doctor and became Italy's first woman doctor. It was while performing her duties as a doctor that Maria realized that children needed to be educated. So she set up schools for working class children in some of the poorest sections of Rome. Her ground-breaking methods and approach to childhood education earned Dr. Maria Montessori three Nobel Peace Prize nominations.The Montessori approach reveals that your child has a natural curiosity and love of physical and intellectual work. This is based on the child's need to learn by doing, therefore work is accomplished at the child's pace. We have a profound respect for children as individual's and as someone with his or her own unique personality. Our teachers focus on each child individually, and are trained to guide your child in his or her own path of development.