“Here is an essential [principle] of education: to teach details is to bring confusion; to establish the relationship between things is to bring knowledge”
(Maria Montessori; From Childhood to Adolescence).
AMS & Montessori Movement
In 1953, Dr. Nancy McCormick Rambusch searched for alternatives to American schooling. After meeting Mario Montessori, Maria Montessori’s son and leader of the movement; who encouraged Dr. Rambusch to take Montessori training and bring the method to the United States. After conducting classes in her New York City apartment, she opened Whitby School in Greenwich, CT in 1958.
Dr. Rambusch was then appointed the United States representative of Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). In 1960, the American Montessori Society (AMS) was created. The goals of both of the AMI and AMS are to support efforts to create schools, publicize the value of Montessori education and to develop teacher education programs.
Dr. Rambusch was then appointed the United States representative of Association Montessori Internationale (AMI). In 1960, the American Montessori Society (AMS) was created. The goals of both of the AMI and AMS are to support efforts to create schools, publicize the value of Montessori education and to develop teacher education programs.