Montessori Blog
The Whole Child The working relationship between Anita Albers and Nina Marvi of the Albrook Montessori School in Bernards Township, New Jersey, can easily be compared to the strong working history that developed between Maria Montessori and Lakshmi Kripalani in 1946. Maria Montessori founded her style of teaching out of necessity. She supported a new approach to teaching that would keep children in an educational environment that was clean and organized and would encourage the children to learn independently. Montessori traveled to India where she taught her techniques to Kripalani, who opened her own Montessori learning center in India in 1947. She soon moved to the United States and began a Montessori movement in New Jersey. When New Jersey resident, Anita Albers, met and trained under Maria Montessori, she founded the Albrook Montessori School in Bernards Township, New Jersey. Albers has since trained talented directors and staff, including Nina Marvi, who is the current direct...