Why Montessori For Your 2 Year Old By Colleen Noll Maria Montessori revolutionized childcare and early education with her ideas on how to best help children learn and grow. She developed her approach to early childhood education in the early 20th century, and since that time, the Montessori approach has continued to grow in popularity around the world. If you’re considering the Montessori approach for your 2-year-old, you are making a good choice. What makes the Montessori method so effective is that it is designed in recognition of the sensitive periods every child