1a. What is the greatest task of each child? Mother Nature has endowed every child with the necessary powers for a great task is that of building the adult human being. Dr. Maria Montessori emphatically states that the first and the foremost of all that the child needs to do is the great and miraculous construction of a healthy human adult. All the different aspects of teaching‚ child rearing or even child care should revolve around this thought especially when we are dealing with the two to six
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clarity within the mind and to distinguish what is essential from what is accidental… To satisfy this need‚ he should have an exact‚ scientific guide such as that which is to be found in our apparatus and exercises.” Dr. Montessori – The discovery of the child‚ chap.6 Dr. Montessori describes sensorial materials as the key to the universe. Discuss the statement and give examples to support your discussions. Senses are points of contact through which the stimuli enter and make an impression
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Clown Fish The clown fish (also known as the anemonefish) is a small species of fish that is found around tropical coral reefs. The most commonly known species of clown fish is orange with white markings but clown fish can be found in many different colours and can also differ in shape. There are 28 recognised species of clown fish that are found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The clown fish is also found as far north as the Red Sea and inhabits the Great Barrier Reef‚ on the Australian
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“Education should no longer be mostly imparting knowledge‚ but must take a new path‚ seeking the release of human potentials.” In the above mentioned lines Dr. Maria Montessori wants to convey that purpose of education is not just transfer the knowledge from person to person or teacher to students but to help students release their full human potential. It is not just that teachers give and students take either way they get understood or not. “Education is a natural process carried out by the
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Life and work of Dr. Maria Montessori Dr. Montessori is known as the founder of Montessori Method‚ who played an important role in the development of early childhood education. She was born in middle class family on 31st August 1870 and was the only child of her parents. Her father‚ Alessandro Montessori was a conservative military man. But her mother‚ Renidle Montessori was a liberal lady. Although in those days whole Europe was very conservative but Montessori got medical and scientific education
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However‚ the other sensitive periods also play a part and to top it all off the child also has an absorbent mind. Geography is presented as an extension of the language programme in our rooms‚ because it contains aural written 7 read parts. Maria Montessori called her small geography set-up “an introduction to the world’. It has an holistic approach‚ starting with the whole and ending in details (start with the globe‚ then continents…eventually to the place where they live). The purpose with geography
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aim of Sensorial work is for the child to acquire clear‚ conscious‚ information and to be able to then make classifications in his environment. Montessori believed that sensorial experiences began at birth. Through his senses‚ the child studies his environment. Through this study‚ the child then begins to understand his environment. The child‚ to Montessori‚ is a “sensorial explorer”. Through work with the sensorial materials‚ the child is given the keys to classifying the things around him‚ which
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this essay I will be discussing the importance and different aspects of the practical life area in a Montessori classroom. Children are naturally interested in activities they have witnessed‚ therefore Doctor Maria Montessori began using what she called “practical life exercises” to allow the child to do activities of daily life and therefore adapt themselves in their society. Doctor Maria Montessori developed her philosophy of education based upon actual observations of children; she observed that children
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reasonable forms of activity in which the child engages and try to understand them.” *** “Plainly‚ the environment must be a living one‚ directed by a higher intelligence‚ arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission.” *** More Maria Montessori Quotes… *** “The child becomes a person through work.” *** “To aid life‚ leaving it free‚ however‚ to unfold itself‚ that is the basic task of the educator.” *** “The land is where our roots are. The children must be taught to feel and live
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complimented by the Montessori materials and presentation? Dr. Maria Montessori‚ the revolutionary explorer in early childhood education in the 20th century discovered a world within the child. Her observations of the child‚ at Casa dei Bambini - the first Montessori Classroom - led her to discover the secrets of childhood. And the framework of Montessori Philosophy is based on three important discoveries; Tendencies‚ Absorbent Mind and Sensitive Periods. As Dr. Montessori said‚ the child has
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