browne early childhood



Name: Lenicia Browne 320052832

Date: 13/02/2022

Maria Montessori

E-tutor: Wendy Bynoe

Course number: ECSF2007

Course name: Literacy, Numeracy and science in Early Childhood Education



This storyboard is to illustrate the impact Maria Montessori had on the field of Early Childhood Education. There will be detailed information about Maria’s background, theory, how she has impacted the Early Childhood field, her principles of play, recommendations for play advancement along with an activity, will be presented.

Hey Hannah! What you doing?

Reading about Maria Montessori and the impact she had on play in early childhood education.



Well Maria Montessori was born on 31stAugust 1870. She passed away on the 6thMay 1952 but not before making great contributions in Early Childhood education. She was an Italian physician. Yes she wasn’t into the Education field at first. She attended an all boys University of Rome ( 1893-1896) where she graduated with honorsbecoming the first female doctor in Italy. Due to not being in support with what was being offered educational to those with disabilities she left her profession to embrace education.

She quickly advanced and became a director at the age of 28 for a mentally disabled minors school.

oh! Who is Maria Montessori?

that’s not even all she did. She went on to study psychology and philosophy in 1901 shifting her gears to early childhood development and education, where she observed and experiment to learn the best teaching practices today the Montessori method.

Hey what are you guys talking about?

Yea right well tell me something about her.

Hannah is just telling me about Maria Montessori.

Oh I know her

Ok! Let’s see. She gave up her practice and university chair in San Lorenzo district in Rome. In January 61907 she opened her first Montessori school called Caza dei Bambini meaning children’s house. She even trained 100 students in 1909 based on her approach and published her first book with her notes and materials used. 1000 plus of her schools were open in America by 1925 and her practice is being implemented in the school systems across the world today. She even won noble peace prices in 1949, 1905 and 1951.thOk! Let’s see. She gave up her practice and university chair in San Lorenzo district in Rome.

Hahaha! You really know about her.