Montessori Facts

• President Woodrow Wilson's daughter trained as a Montessori teacher and had a Montessori classroom in the basement of the White House during her father's presidency.
• Alexander Graham Bell contributed financial support to Dr. Montessori. He helped establish the first Montessori school in Canada and one of the first in the Unites States.
• Erik Erikson, noted anthropologist and author, held a Montessori teaching certificate.
• Thomas Edison helped establish a Montessori school.

Notable Montessori Students

• Gabriel Garcia Marquez, author and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
• Julia Child, chef and author.
• Princes William and Harry, British Royal Family.
• Anne Frank, child diarist from World War II.
• Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia.
• Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, former First Lady and historic preservationist.
• Larry Page and Sergey Brin, founders of Google.