In our final blog of the series that compares Montessori with other educational methods, we examine the Reggio Emilia method. The method was created after World War II, when the parents of the town of Reggio Emilia wanted something different for their children than the state-run education system. The method was established by local teacher Loris Malaguzzi and actually attributes its educational foundation to Maria Montessori. In fact, of the three methods we have examined — Waldorf, Charlotte Mason, and Reggio Emilia – Reggio, as it is called, is mostly closely aligned with the Montessori method and philosophy.
