Jeff Bezos to open his first preschool, inspired by Montessori
If you’re not familiar with Jeff Bezos’ broader plans in education, to open more and more “Montessori-inspired preschools in underserved communities” — $1 billion worth of them — then you may want to see his original post about it all:
Bezos was actually a Montessori child himself, attending a Montessori preschool in Albuquerque, New Mexico in the mid 1960s.
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Jeff Bezos’ mom once shared a funny anecdote about her son’s Montessori experience:
Bezos is in good company as a Montessori alum. Here are just a few other standout former Montessori children: Google founders Sergey Brin & Larry Page, Nobel prize winner Gabriel García Márquez, master game designer Will Wright Wright, and NBA superstar Steph Curry.
A message to Jeff Bezos
With the near opening of your first preschool inspired by Montessori, we’d like to say thank you and cheers to your great investment in children … and therefore in all of us. For as Maria Montessori once said: “Within the child lies the fate of the future.”
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For those who don’t know much about what Montessori actually is, this is for you:
For more, check out The Montessori Education Podcast.