Phoebe Child

1910 (age 80)

England, she first studied the Montessori approach with Doctor Maria M

She then joined fellow students, Margaret Homfray, and Edna Andriano, in Italy to serve as English translators for the 1930 course in Rome. In 1946, Doctor Montessori worked with Child and Homfray to start an English Montessori teacher training program, which later became the Saint Nicholas Training Centre for the Montessori Method of Education. The training program eventually offered full-time residence training in two former embassy sites in Princes Gate in London, as well as a correspondence course. They also helped set up the Saint Nicholas training center in Ireland and then went on to establish the Montessori World Educational Institute in the United States and Australia.

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Born in England, she first studied the Montessori approach with Doctor Maria Montessori in London in 1929.

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She then joined fellow students, Margaret Homfray, and Edna Andriano, in Italy to serve as English translators for the 1930 course in Rome. In 1946, Doctor Montessori worked with Child and Homfray to start an English Montessori teacher training program, which later became the Saint Nicholas Training Centre for the Montessori Method of Education. The training program eventually offered full-time residence training in two former embassy sites in Princes Gate in London, as well as a correspondence course.

They also helped set up the Saint Nicholas training center in Ireland and then went on to establish the Montessori World Educational Institute in the United States and Australia.

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