Take a look at these unique Montessorians!
Famous Montessori Students
Read the 2011 Wall St Journal article
JOSHUA BELL – Grammy award-winning violinist and subject of a Pulitzer prize-winning media story
A world-renowned violinist, Joshua Bell is thoughtful about the role his music plays in society. In a cultural experiment turned Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post story, it is Bell’s humility, not his virtuosity, that most inspires. In suspending his fame to explore the true meaning of his work, Bell exhibits Montessori thinking at its best.
“Pearls Before Breakfast” (Washinton Post article)
Wikipedia profile
JEFF BEZOS – Amazon founder
Amazon’s founder, who proudly cites his Montessori roots, is a study in contradictions: analytical and intuitive, careful and audacious, playful and determined. Critics note his extraordinary ability to learn from others, one hallmark of Montessori education.
Business Week article
Wikipedia profile
DAVID BLAINE – Illusionist & magician
David Blaine was a four-year old Montessori student when he fell in love with magic. Today he’s called “the modern day Houdini” by The New York Times, which says, “He’s taken a craft that’s been around for hundreds of years and done something unique and fresh with it… [His magic] “operates on an uncommonly personal level.”
David Blaine proifle
Wikipedia profile
T BERRY BRAZELTON – Pediatrician, child psychiatrist, author and harvard medical school professor emeritus
Dr. Brazelton’s positive, child-oriented philosophy of parenting has influenced countless families to raise
children who are “confident, caring, and hungry to learn”. Brazelton attended a Montessori school as a child and now supports Montessori philosophy through his lectures and publications.
The Brazelton Institute
Wikipedia profile
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