Montessori centers' emphasis is on helping kids learn to help themselves

Written by Susan Greene - The Denver Post

Thursday, 30 December 2010

Article Source: The Denver Post

"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed," advised Italian educator Maria Montessori.

More than a half-century after her death, Montessori's legacy lives on at Mile High Montessori Early Learning Centers, where kids are being taught to defy the statistics against them. About 90 percent of the children at Mile High Montessori, a program that has applied for Season to Share funding, are being raised below the poverty level.

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