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Was invited to create a childcare center in San Lorenzo
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She opened a center called the Casa dei Bambini, Italian for "Children House"
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She opened a second Casa dei Bambini, also in San Lorenzov
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She opened a third Casa in Milan
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She published her first book, II Metodo della Pedagogia Scientifica applicato all'educazione infantile nelle Case dei Bambini
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could be found throughout Western Europe
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First Montessori school opened in the United States
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The first Montessori school opened in the home of a prominent figures
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Traveled to America
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She lectured to a crowd and showed "moving pictures" taken, and then a second lecture was arranged that was a sucess.
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187 English- language articles and books had been written.
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She demonstrated her method at the Panama- Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, and give an international training course
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at the National Education Association in Oakland
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Dr. Maria Montessori focused nearly half of her lectures on newly created elementary materials
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more than 100 Montessori schools were operating
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Dr. Maria Montessori published L'autoeducazionne nelle Scuole Elementari, describing her thoughts on the education of children ages 7-11
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Dr. Maria Montessori observed that students needed activities that help them to understand themselves, to find their place in the world, and to blossom into global citizens.
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Montessori education had almost completely faded away
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Established to ensure that her philosophy and approach to education would be carried on as she intended
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Maria's son, encouraged her to bring Montessori back to the US
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The American Montessori Society was born
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Maria Montessori Sails to America was published
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$1 billion for full scholarship Montessori inspired preschools for low income families