Because her primary concern was the human spirit within each child, it is worth noting that Montessori included music and art materials as integral parts of the classroom environment. They are freely available to the children at all times, and never relegated to a separate room and a “specialist” teacher down the hall from the regular classroom. The message to the children is that these expressions of the human spirit are not esoteric activities for the talented few but activities to be understood and engaged in by all.
