A primordial model of "time bank" in the Maria Montessori's project for institution of "children's school".
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The contribution intends to reflect on a primordial model of time bank, based on the project of Montessori school, in 1907. Maria Montessori and Edoardo Talamo, director of the Istitution of Stable Assets in Rome, were convinced that hygiene was as instrument of "civilization"; care for the environment, private and public, was for Montessori the tool to convince mothers to accept to enroll their children in school and to collaborate in the management of the children's school: Montessori and teachers would take care of the physical, mental and moral health of the children and mothers would make their female skills available to the school community, collaborating with the teachers for the environment’s care. Teachers and mothers were equally called to donate to each other a part of their daily time, for the well-being of the children. Time is leitmotif of Montessori method, because it is considered a valuable tool for “dilating pedagogy”.