In a Montessori classroom‚ a child is free to move about and explore the environment because with activity and movement comes learning. Movement‚ in fact‚ contributes not only to the physical‚ but also to the intellectual potential and spiritual development of the child. The child must have freedom achieved through order and self-discipline. The child in a Montessori environment can learn‚ discover and be creative. He has the freedom of choice and develops his individual interest. The child learns
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Bibliography: - Montessori Centre International (2009) Module 6‚ Activities of Everyday Living London: MCI Montessori‚ M. (2007) The Discovery of the Child Amsterdam: Montessori Pierson Publishing Company
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Child Development Instructor: Catherine Dwyer Report and Reflection on Piagetian Tasks Abstract Marni Kaplan-Earle NEMTEC 2010 “I have some works here‚ with which I need some help. Would you like to help me?” My invitation to Max‚ Sophie‚ Christian and Kate accepted‚ I proceeded to share‚ challenge‚ interview‚ and observe. The tasks I presented illustrated the phenomena of cognitive development in early childhood‚ the stage Jean Piaget calls preoperational. While Piaget refers to his developmental
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Preparatory Activities for Fine Motor Skills Activity: Pouring beans from one jug to two unequal bowls Type: Individual Age: 2 ½ years onwards Materials: One jug‚ two unequal bowls‚ beans‚ tray and mat. Procedure: Note: The directress has to ensure that the material is adequate‚ clean and in proper order for use. • Invite the child to begin the Work Cycle. • Show the child where the mat is placed. • Ask the child to carry the mat to the work area and unroll the mat
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of a full range of emotions from sad to happy to angry‚ and learning to deal with them appropriately. fine motor: is the action involving the small muscles of the hands‚ as in handwriting‚ sewing or knitting. four planes of development: Dr. Montessori saw the human being going through four planes‚ or stages‚ of development with each plane having unique characteristics and opportunities for learning gross motor: Gross motor involves the large muscles of the body‚ as in walking‚ running or swimming
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Montessori wrote about “The Secret of Childhood”. Describe what she meant by this. In one of Dr. Maria Montessori’s book‚ “The Secret of Childhood” where she continued and further elaborated her work on child development‚ one of her important findings in her research was “Sensitivity Period” in the child. These are important periods of childhood development. A sensitive period is a period of time when a child passes through special times in his life and spends much of his time to focus on one
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space‚ numbers‚ and their relationships and attributes by the use of numbers and symbols. It is a study of the science of pattern and includes patterns of all kinds‚ such as numerical patterns‚ abstract patterns‚ patterns of shape and motion. In the Montessori classroom‚ five families with math are presented to the child: arithmetic‚ geometry‚ statistics and calculus. More precisely‚ the concepts covered in the Primary class are numeration‚ the decimal system‚ computation‚ the arithmetic tables‚ whole
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Discipline and obedience are two words used to imply a strict way of learning. Montessori‚ on the other hand‚ saw these as a natural instinct that came from within. In this essay I intend to show that with the correct conditions the child can become self-disciplined and have the ability to obey without the need of force‚ reward or punishment as Montessori described. The understanding of discipline‚ according to the dictionary‚ is described as ‘the practice of training people to obey rules or a
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to do. The first of the child’s organs to begin functioning are his senses. Dr. Maria Montessori based her method of teaching young children considering the fact that a child between two to six years passes through the ‘sensitive period for the refinement of senses’ and they can be helped in the development of the senses while they are in this formative period. In order to serve this purpose Dr. Maria Montessori introduced a subject called ‘Sensorial’ where the materials are specially designed to
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The child is believed to hold a secret. After much research‚ this secret is the potentials that a child is naturally born with. The child is known to be a spiritual embryo‚ possessing qualities that are not visible at birth‚ which would help him build himself. These hidden potentials allows the child to reveal himself through the process of development‚ and hence‚ able to self-construct himself through his fullest potentials. There are two aids that assist in attaining a child’s full potentials
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