The American Montessori Society (AMS) is a nonprofit education society founded in 1960 whose purpose is to help children develop their fullest potential through the educational principles of Maria Montessori. This includes the following: developing Montessori programs, accrediting schools, granting credentials, encouraging research, organizing seminars and symposia, and all other areas which relate to the dissemination of Montessori philosophy.
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COURTESY AND GRACE ALWAYS A PART OF MONTESSORI
Learning how to work and play together with others in a peaceful and caring community is perhaps the most critical life skill that Montessori teaches. The skills are not only taught in specific lessons but are used daily by students and directresses so that they become “natural” to the children. Each day is begun with a mutual handshake as a child is greeted. Even the youngest child is treated by her teachers and classmates with dignity and respect. Montessori students come to understand and accept that we all have responsibilities to other people. They learn how to handle the new situations that they will face as they become increasingly independent. They develop a clear sense of values and social conscience and absorb everyday ethics and interpersonal skills from the earliest years.