to renew mankind." The Absorbent Mind‚ Maria Montessori Maria Montessori’s Four Planes of Education was a lecture given by her in 1938 at the Seventh International Montessori Congress. The four planes (or phases) of development is an overall vision of Montessori’s developmental psychology from infancy to adulthood. Her vision of the whole of development provides a holistic view of the developing human being‚ and explains the Montessori idea of the importance of education as a "help to
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This paper will include the following topics: the theories and/or philosophies of Montessori; concepts learned throughout this course‚ how to apply them into an early childhood classroom focusing on the understanding components to design a curriculum for a preschool classroom based on ages 3 to 5 year old children. First let’s discuss the philosophies of both Maria Montessori and Jean Piaget. Maria Montessori ideas and beliefs are embedded throughout every early childhood program and her influence
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the last stage remains with the muscles which make the movements. ’Movement thus becomes the last part that completes the cycle of thought’ says Dr. Montessori. This co-ordination creates the unique characteristic of Man namely WORK possible. Movement is a mode of human expression. Animals too express themselves by their movements. Dr. Montessori asks "Can we ignore this fact in Man?" Movement becomes a system of healthy relationship with Man’s environment (establish‚ maintain and restore conditions)
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inspiration". (Montessori‚ The Discovery of the Child‚ pg. 151) _Sensorial Exercises are designed by Montessori to cover every quality that can be perceived by the senses such as size‚ shape‚ composition‚ texture‚ loudness or softness‚ matching‚ weight‚ temperature‚ etc. Because the Exercises cover such a wide range of senses‚ Montessori categorized the Exercises into eight different groups: Visual‚ Tactile‚ Baric‚ Thermic‚ Auditory‚ Olfactory‚ Gustatory‚ and Stereognostic_. . Montessori sought to
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Why is Mathematics included in the Montessori curriculum? Maria Montessori strongly believed that a child’s perception is enhanced by exploring his natural ability to classify‚ compare‚ generalize‚ differentiate‚ pattern and analyze leading the child in developing a mathematical logical mind. Dr. Maria Montessori once said‚ “Great creations come
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children appear to go through periods of concentrating on specific capacities‚ and their minds seem to operate differently from ours. She referred to the time frames involved in the child’s development of a definitive ability as sensitive period. (Montessori‚ 1996‚ p.25)Each sensitive period is period of a child special sensibility and psychological attitudes. This period is usually intense and prolonged activity which does not lead to fatigue or boredom‚ but instead leads to persistent energy and interest
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Maria Montessori was an Italian philosopher she was a single child raised by wealthy and well-educated parents‚ she was also very bright‚ studying both modern languages and natural science. Graduating from technical school in 1886‚ Montessori went on to attend Regio Instituto Tecnico Leonardo da Vinci. Where she became the first woman in Italy to qualify as a physician. Throughout her time Maria often worked with children with learning difficulties in socially deprived areas‚ due to her interest
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Rachael Jacobson Cosmic Education Exiled to India during World War II‚ Maria Montessori developed one of the basic tenets of her philosophy of education. This tenet is what she called cosmic education. In To Educate the Human Potential (ed 2007 p9) Montessori said that‚ “the stars‚ earth‚ stone‚ life of all kind form a whole in relation to each other‚ and so close is this relation that we cannot understand a stone without some understanding of the great sun”. This interconnectedness
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theory to compare is Maria Montessori. Montessori (1897) believed that every child has innate skills and talents. She based her theory on personality by the emotion of learning with the encouragement of adults. She believed that guiding a child with love that they would learn almost on their own. The Montessori theory taught children through hands on activities with encouragement from adults. The teacher’s roles are to observe and take advantage of what Dr. Montessori called sensitive
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child has from an adult. For example the way the child learns. The child has what Dr. Maria Montessori has called it‚ an absorbent mind. The child’s absorbent mind unconsciously soaks up information from the environment‚ around him‚ learning about it at a rapid rate. This learning process is unique to the young child and lasts through the first six years of his life. Previously mentioned before Dr. Maria Montessori has classified these years into various stages and phases of a child’s development.
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