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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environment complimented by the Montessori materials and presentation? Dr. Maria Montessori’s goal of education is to develop a global vision within the children. Montessori calls the path to this perspective “Cosmic Education”‚ which develops in children a sense of gratitude for the universe and their lives within it. The concept of cosmic education presents a comprehensive whole picture of the world- a world in which the child sees himself as being a part. Montessori had much to say about world
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Q: Montessori in the Absorbent Mind writes that “the hands are instruments of man’s intelligence”. It is therefore critical that children develop the ability to control and coordinate their hand muscle so that these can come into contact with the environment in intelligent ways. Discuss the principles underlining the practical life exercises and how it fosters independence in children. Dr Maria Montessori was the founder of Montessori Method of education. She devised a method of education which
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The Stages of development according to Dr. Montessori and an explanation of what happens during each “re-birth”. Dr. Montessori defined 4 stages of development. She identified that within these stages of development it is intense at the beginning‚ consolidates and then tapers to the next stage. She talks about the re-birth of a child and describes it like passing through a kind of metamorphosis. The 1st and 3rd stages are periods of intense creation‚ while the 2nd and 4th stages are the calm periods
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delivering ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized sounds and signs‚ thus‚ being the spoken and written language. It is part of the human tendencies to want to communicate with others and this could underlie the emergence of language. Montessori said‚ “To talk is the nature of man.” Humans needed language in order to communicate‚ and soon‚ the powers that come with language revealed. The evolution of the human language began when communication was done through pictograms and drawings.
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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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what does the Montessori teacher need to make this a realistic statement? | Mali Engelbrecht | Table of contents: Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………p 4 Enlightened generalist ……………………………………………………………………………p 4-8 Pre-school vs. elementary ………………………………………………………………………p 5 Cosmic Education …………………………………………………………………………………..p 5 Parent education and communication ……………………………………………………p 6 Tim Seldin ………………………………………………………………………………………………p 6&7 Traditional vs. Montessori ……………………………………………………………………
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Next to the family‚ the Montessori classroom is the place of importance in the world of a child. The Montessori classroom is a social institution that not only determines the present state of the child but also their future. In “The Absorbent Mind”‚ Dr Maria Montessori wrote‚ “The most important period of life is not the age of university studies‚ but the first one‚ the period from birth to the age of six. For that is the time when man’s intelligence itself‚ his greatest implement is being formed…At
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impression that discipline has to be exerted forcefully upon a person. This differs greatly from the Montessori perspective of discipline being created from within a child rather then being imposed from the outside. Discipline rises naturally within a child when s/he is given freedom within limits. Montessori says that freedom in intellectual work is found to be the basis of internal discipline. Montessori believed that the first dawning of real discipline comes through work. When a child becomes engaged
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