Montessori method impresses
[ More than 150 people iattended a display and demlonstration of equipment used! lin the Montessori method of j [education, at the Arts Centre, ion Saturday afternoon. Mrs S. M. Legge, an or-[ ganiser of the display, said I the response had been “phe-j inomenal.” Members of a! [Montessori study group, [ ' which has been meeting in ■Christchurch for some time,l I explained the teaching I equipment on display, and I questions. [ A Christchurch branch of* [the international Montessori! I Association would be set up [at a public meeting at the . Ferndale School hall, Meri-I [vale Lane, on April 26 at[ 7.30 p.m., said Mrs Legge. i | Several pre-school Montes-! isori education centres have! ■been set up in New Zealand for children up to six years] [old, and it. is hoped to esi tablish one in Christchurch. Mrs Legge said many people at the display had said they [ would like ' their children ■to attend such a centre. The Montessori method is claimed to allow children to develop at their own speed and to make learning enjoyable. Its Italian founder, Dr Maria Montessori, died in 1952.
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