Famous alumni.Same method.
The founders of Google. The founder of Amazon. The founder of Wikipedia. Beyoncé. Anne Frank. Jeff Bezos. Will Wright. Most parents do not realize how many of the people who shaped the modern world were Montessori children. The method is the through-line.
Technology Pioneers
Jeff Bezos
Founder of Amazon
“Mr. Bezos often compares Amazon's strategy of developing ideas in new markets to planting seeds or going down blind alleys.”
Larry Page
CEO, Co-Founder of Google
“We both went to Montessori school, and I think it was part of that training of being self-motivated, questioning what's going on in the world, doing things a little bit different.”
Sergey Brin
Co-Founder of Google
“I benefited from the Montessori education which in some ways gives the students a lot more freedom to do things at their own pace, to discover.”
Will Wright
Designer of The Sims
“Montessori taught me the joy of discovery. SimCity comes right out of Montessori.”
Jimmy Wales
Founder of Wikipedia
“I really like Montessori and all my children have gone to Montessori preschools.”
Arts and Literature
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Nobel Prize Winner for Literature
“I do not believe there is a method better than Montessori for making children sensitive to the beauties of the world.”
Yo Yo Ma
Cellist, 15 Grammy Awards
“Structure is an absolutely important part of the creative life, and Emily got this from her Montessori experience.”
George Clooney
Academy Award-winning Actor
“Turns out Montessori's approach, unfolding students not molding them, guides the most successful teachers.”
Leaders and Change-Makers
Helen Keller
Political Activist, Author
“Only through freedom can people develop self control, self dependence, willpower and initiative.”
Justin Trudeau
Prime Minister of Canada
“I am a teacher. It's how I define myself. A good teacher isn't someone who gives the answers out to their kids but gives tools to help other people succeed.”
Famous Supporters of Montessori
Thomas Edison
Inventor
Kick-started 4 Montessori schools
“I like the Montessori method. It teaches through play. It makes learning a pleasure.”
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor
Helped create first Montessori school in Canada
“There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe and seek answers.”
Mohandas Gandhi
Activist for Peace
Spoke at Montessori Training Center 1931
“If we are to achieve real peace in the world, we shall have to begin with children.”
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