ABSORBENT MIND ESSAY Dr Montessori discovered that the child possess a mind which is totally different from that of an adult. The child absorbs all that is found around him‚ very much identical to the process of osmosis. A key word before further development about the absorbent mind would be adaptation. Adaptation might be considered as the trigger point. Why ? From his birth‚ in order to survive and to fulfil his role‚ the infant is adapting himself to the environment. He was
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“Normalization comes through “concentration” on a piece of work” (The Absorbent Mind‚ pg 206). Montessori uses the term ‘normalization’ to describe this unique process a child experiences in a classroom. The first time hearing the term of normalization‚ myself wondering what does it means‚ does it means a child is not normal? After further reading‚ I’d discovered that a Normalized Child as describe by Dr Maria Montessori is one who has overcome himself and lives in peace and harmony with the environment preferring
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ASSIGNMENT TOPIC: In what way does using the sensorial materials help the child’s whole development? Give examples “All knowledge comes through the senses” – Aristotle The word sensorial is derived from the words sense or senses. The conventional five senses‚ attributed to Aristotle‚ are classified as sight‚ hearing‚ touch‚ smell‚ taste. However‚ humans have at least nine different senses including interoceptive senses such as thermoception (heat‚ cold)‚ nociception (pain)‚ equilibrioception
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Elements of Montessori Education Montessori education is a child centric method of education that caters to the complete development of the child. The three key elements of the Montessori method are - The adult (Directress)‚ Prepared environment & Montessori materials. The adult (Directress) The Montessori directress plays an important role in the development of the child. She needs to offer the child what he needs‚ but unobtrusively & indirectly. She should stimulate the child to work for
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Maria Montessori developed her approach based on important principles that make a Montessori school. The principles that will be discussed throughout this paper will help you to understand the principles that are practiced and developed for each classroom. Model early childhood program is an exemplary approach to early childhood education that serves as a guide‚ (Morrison S.G. P 142). Montessori Program would best service the interest of children and their families. This program has basic principles
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February 16‚ 2014 Our Universe was created billions of years ago. We have no way of knowing exactly how this happened‚ nor how or if it will end. The creation of the universe is greatly debated religiously and scientifically. The future of our universe is a popular topic‚ but still remains a mystery. There are many theories as to what will happen to the universe and factors to be accounted for. The fact that we do not have the ability to travel into the unknowns of the universe makes it extremely difficult
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For almost one hundred years‚ we have known that the universe is expanding. We have traced this expansion back in time‚ through to the very beginning when the universe occupied an infinitesimal point in space. This was the state of the universe at time t=0‚ over 13 billion years ago. It is from this starting point that everything we are familiar with came into existence: protons‚ neutrons‚ stars‚ galaxies - even space and time itself are here. At time t=0‚ this point began an unprecedented inflation
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Humans live on a small planet in a tiny part of a vast universe. "This part of the universe is called the solar system‚ and is dominated by a single brilliant star-the sun." (Skywatching 230) The solar system is the earth ’s neighbourhood and the planets Mercury‚ Venus‚ Mars‚ Jupiter‚ Saturn‚ Uranus‚ Neptune and Pluto are the Earth ’s neighbours. They all have the same stars in the sky and orbit the same sun. Scientists believe the solar system began about 5 billion years ago‚ perhaps when
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Research paper on Montessori Education {Kierre Davis} (American Public Universty} Abstract This research paper intends to explain and describe factors and features of Montessori education and Montessori school. It illustrates the practical implementation of Montessori education. It is an old method of education operating since 100 years. It started from the indigent nursery school in Rome and afterwards‚ it continued to expand at a larger scale. Approximations specify that over 5000 schools
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Montessori education is a unique schooling philosophy in which students guide their own learning. Designed as an alternative to traditional schooling‚ this system of education has been around for more than a century. As the Montessori classroom is such a unique environment‚ the activities that occur within it often differ from those of a traditional‚ public school. As a result‚ writing in particular reflects the distinctiveness of the Montessori program. The history of and philosophy behind Montessori
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