We have often heard other teachers, parents, or well meaning acquaintances ask “Isn’t Montessori a free for all in the classroom?” Dr. Maria Montessori herself admitted that this was a hard concept for anybody to grasp, stating “Even an intelligent teacher, who understands the principle, find much difficulty in putting it into practice
It is necessary to observe [life] and to understand it without intervening-this idea, I say, is very difficult for anyone to assimilate and to put into practice.”
