children so that they can perform activities. How do you differentiate between activities and presentations? Presentations are: 1. Introducing the educational materials to the child‚ so that the child can perform and work with them in a purposeful manner while‚ It is said that the Activity of the child will become purposeful only when or if the materials used is for the purpose it has been created. 2. Presentations in Montessori has two forms‚ it can be direct presentations and
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the right time. I am then also going to explain how the adults understanding of the sensitive periods and child’s unfolding development impacts his/her preparation for a suitable/favourable environment. There will also be examples of what the adults approach should be to best support the individual sensitive periods of children in his/her care and also what qualities the adult should have in order to fulfil his role. Then we will see how the favourable environment and empathetic adult can
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The Montessori prepared environment. In Montessori philosophy there are three leading factors that make up the methodology: the environment‚ including all the materials; the directress‚ and the child. The prepared environment will be the focus of discussion and will underline: the principles of the prepared environment‚ how to set up the environment; and its importance in childhood development. There are five basic principles that must be adhered to in any Montessori environment these are: Freedom
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water a candle in a holder Presentation (to be presented to a group or all the children at once) Exercise 1: invite the children to come and sit around the line in such a way as to leave space between them explain that you will demonstrate how to stand on the line place both feet on the line pointing into the ellipse keeping the back erect and the head in an upward position select three or four children and invite them to stand up invite the children to stand on the line‚ inside the line
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cooperative artist in this production of learning. Maria Montessori thus used the title “directress” to explain the role of the teacher in a Montessori. The teacher is not the primary cause of learning she is rather a facilitator and a guide. They do not simply transfer lessons and curriculums. By preparing a suitable environment‚ observing the children and giving brief lessons according to the interest and need of the child‚ the teacher in a Montessori helps children learn independently. Mostly children
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Maria Montessori The Secret of Childhood (Chp. 6 Page 29) Every child has a certain potential and an unconscious urge to carry out activities. He is very curious in nature and wants to develop his own powers to reveal himself. Maria Montessori termed this urge as the spiritual embryo.
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(Maria Montessori – The discovery of the child) Dr. Montessori recognized that children are born with a particular kind of mind‚ one that is naturally inclined towards order. This ‘special’ mind is what gives humans the ability to make judgments and to calculate; it is how we have progressed in fields such as engineering and architecture. Dr. Montessori called this ‘the mathematical mind’ - a term borrowed from the French physicist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Montessori felt that‚ if we
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Jose Vivero Coding Classes in Grade School I recently watched a video that struck my interest. It was a video created and funded by a foundation named Code.org. The basic premise of this video is to show how important coding was for several founders of multi-million dollar companies such as Microsoft (Bill Gates) and Facebook (Mark Zuckerberg)‚ and how coding is not taught in grade school. Because coding is a specialized skill and requires specific instruction‚ it is not a course that would
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Maria Montessori Write Up Maria Montessori was born in Italy in 1870 to a set of parents who were both college educated. At the age of 5 Maria and her parents moved to an affluent neighborhood in Rome. This gave Maria access to schools that were said to be “good”. Maria later looked to these as examples of what she did not like in education. Maria had wanted to be an engineer‚ her father wanted her to choose a more womanly career path‚ but he continued to support her choice and enrolled her
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MONTESSORI MONTESSORI education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori. Montessori education is practiced in an estimated 20‚000 schools worldwide‚ serving children from birth to eighteen years old. Montessori education is characterized by an emphasis on independence‚ from freedom within limits‚ and respect for a child’s natural psychological development‚ as well as technological advancements in society. Although a range of practices exists under
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