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Matt Bateman@mbateman• about 1 year ago

Montessori’s influence on the world is in some ways quite small and specific, and in other ways so utterly victorious that it is invisible by virtue of being taken for granted. https://t.co/GkgRFyx3bE

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Matt Bateman@mbateman• about 1 year ago
Replying to @mbateman

The popularity of notions like toddler-sized furniture, or alphabets made attractive to and manipulable by small children, are surprisingly recent. Their near universality today is the result of the thinking and advocacy of a small number of developmentalists.

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Matt Bateman@mbateman• about 1 year ago
Replying to @mbateman

I very consciously meant to add ā€œfrom about 100 years agoā€ and instead wrote a period and clicked send tweet

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