Sensitive Periods Tuesday‚ 19 September 2006 22:52 | Written by Tim Seldin Montessori believed in a necessary relationship between children and their environment. Children must find a properly prepared environment if they are to fully develop their unique human potentials. In addition to determining children’s eventual height‚ hair color‚ and other physical characteristics‚ there is another cognitive plan which determines the unique emotional and intellectual qualities of each child. These qualities
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Montessori Philosophy: The Planes of Development Most people’s idea of how children grow and develop is a steady continuous movement along a path from point A ’’ birth‚ to point B ’’ adulthood. Maria Montessori’s philosophy on how humans learn differs in that she believed learning for children and youth occurred as a series of waves or cycles. After years of observation‚ Montessori concluded there are four distinct planes of development that everyone must pass through on their way to
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Introduction The Montessori method of education is one of the very unusual approaches of educating young children that has been based on the experiences and research of educator and physician Maria Montessori (1870–1952). The method basically arose from what Dr. Montessori’s discovered and named it the “the child’s normal nature” back in 1907 (Montessori‚ 1972). This happened during one of her experimental observations with young children who had been given the freedom they need d in an environment
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In order to be familiar with Montessri method first we should be familiar with Dr. Maria Montessori theory of “ Four Planes of Development ”. According to her there are different types of mentality in the phases of growth which are quite distinct one from another and they correspond with the phases of physical growth. Each of them can be considered as a level or plane of six years and a set of psychological characteristics can be observed in each level and the features of each plane are so different
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Montessori St. Nicholas Foundation Course (Birth – 6) Unit No. 13 Assignment 13a: What are the essential qualities of a good Montessori teacher‚ and why are these essential from the child ’s point of view? Assignment 13b: Describe in detail the changing demands made on the teacher and how she adjusts her role in the classroom accordingly? Name: | Lim C. Chong | MSN Student Reference: | 14789 | Address: | 43 Alexander StreetCockle BayHowickAUCKLANDNew Zealand
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: Shyamila Galappaththi Student ID No. : Not available Module : DMT 101 – Montessori Philosophy & Theory Date of Submission : 11th December 2011 “A child’s different sensibilities enable him to choose‚ from his complex environment‚ what is suitable and necessary for his growth. They make the child sensitive to some things but‚ leave him indifferent to others. When a particular sensitiveness is aroused in a child‚ it is like a light that shines on some objects but not others. Making of them
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The cognitive process of child development and learning has influenced theorists such as Piaget‚ Vygtosky‚ Montessori‚ Bruner and Dewey to develop learning theories which highlight how the cognitive operation of learning occurs and how it is best achieved. The work of these theorists has become the foundation for much research and insight into how children develop on their journey towards learning. To understand how and when children begin to learn‚ it is important to look at why we value the
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What Is “Montessori‚” Anyway? Maria Montessori: The Woman Behind The Name Maria Montessori was a medical doctor‚ born in Italy in 1870‚ whose Montessori offers interest in the mentally retarded led her to develop a highly successful “freedom within structure.” concrete and sensory-based teaching approach that helped them to learn. Later‚ she applied her discoveries to normal but impoverished children from the slums of Rome‚ and her success with these children was even more remarkable. Soon‚ people
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Sensitive Periods Introduction Sensitive periods are a termed coined by a Dutch biologist Hugo de Vries and later adopted by Dr. Montessori to refer to the important period of development in childhood. Montessori was not very specific in her published works about the precise number‚ description‚ or timing of these sensitive periods. These periods are critical to the child’s self-development. She set out several periods with the approximate ages to which they applied. Dr. Montessori believed‚ adults
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Sensitive Periods: The sensitive period for small objects In her work Dr. Montessori identified what she called Human Tendencies - lifelong tendencies that serve us in adaptation‚ etc. (Which I’ve written about previously) - and Sensitive Periods - short lived "windows of opportunity" for learning something specific with the greatest ease. The brain of the child from before birth to about age 6 has periods of ’sensitivity’ for certain things. From before birth‚ and lasting until 3‚ there is
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