... At the turn of the 20th century, Maria Montessori traveled the US in to tout her teaching techniques (Morgan, 1999). Deriving from the theories of John Dewey and John Piaget, Montessori program schools encourage children to have "freedom of experience" (Elkind, 2010; Morgan, 1999, p. 174). With those foundations set in place, the process of adapting educational programs to a child's overall development ... a particular part of the day, or for many years, or stretching cycles of years" (Whitman, 2004, 304). Froebel didn't want children to incorporate negative and restrictive experiences,...

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