CHCPR509A: Document‚ interpret and use information about children Gather and document detailed information about the child Contents Gather information and observations according to a child’s emerging skills Targeted information gathering When we gather information about children we should always be ready to be surprised by what we learn about them. Sometimes‚ however‚ we have specific things we want to find out or questions about the child that need answering. In
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Language Rationale Language‚ simply put‚ is a system of symbols with an agreed upon meaning that is shared within a group of individuals. Maria Montessori understood that children have to learn language‚ that it is not inborn. She also understood the adolescent mind has a long sensitive period for language. Because language is deeply connected to the process of thinking‚ the child will need to be spoken to and listened to often. Each child learns language at their own rate and pace. There can
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Elements of Montessori Education Montessori education is a child centric method of education that caters to the complete development of the child. The three key elements of the Montessori method are - The adult (Directress)‚ Prepared environment & Montessori materials. The adult (Directress) The Montessori directress plays an important role in the development of the child. She needs to offer the child what he needs‚ but unobtrusively & indirectly. She should stimulate the child to work for
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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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“The Montessori Method” Review Paper Lisa Ahlgrim National Louis University Maria Montessori was a visionary woman‚ passionate about providing quality education to all children. Born in 1870‚ at a time where few women attended college and were not expected to work in any area other than teaching‚ Maria grew up determined to become a doctor in spite of society‚ and even her father’s reservations. She was not accepted into the University of Rome‚ but with her spirit of perseverance‚ Maria gained
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Presentations in Montessori has two forms‚ it can be direct presentations and indirect presentations. Direct Presentations has three types: Collective Presentations‚ Group Presentations and Individual Presentations. 3. Presentations are offered when the child is ready for it‚ after observing the child at work and we realized that he or she needs help to go further‚ sometimes you or we will be ask by the child or student‚ ‘‘Please show me how to work with this”? 4. Dr. Marie Montessori says that
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choose from his complex environment what is suitable and necessary for his growth. They make the child sensitive to some things‚ but leave him indifferent to others. When a particular sensitiveness is aroused in a child‚ it is like a light that shines on some objects but not others‚ making of them his whole world." The Secret of Childhood p. 42‚ Chap 7 A sensitive period refers to a transient state that children go through that is focussed upon one particular area. Montessori had read about these
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Maria Montessori was an educator from Italy who created an educational method for children where all focus was on the needs of the child. She used self-directed‚ materials-centered and interactive education methods. She thought that child has an absorbent mind from birth to around age 6 and also that children can always learn to be better. Role of the director was to introduce the materials for the child. Use of the five senses‚ kinetic movement‚ spatial refinement‚ small and large motor skill coordination
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1. Describe the life and works of Dr. Maria Montessori? Dr. Montessori is recognized as the founder of Montessori Method and one of the pioneers in the development of early childhood education. She is also respected and reputed for promoting a substantial number of important educational reforms‚ which now have become integral components of 21st century’s educational core. She is one of the most renowned women in the history of education of children. Her revolutionary and innovative findings and
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imagination and creativity. 3 2.7 Development of emotional and spiritual life. 3 2.8 Stage of child’s growth 3 2 DIAGRAM OF 8 PPP 5 2 POWER OF ATTENTION 6 3 PREPARED ENVIRONMENT HELPS TO MAXIMIZE POWER OF ATTENTION 9 3.1 Freedom. 9 3.2 Structure and Order 9 3.3 Reality and nature 9 3.4 Beauty and atmosphere 9 3.5 Montessori material 9 3.6 Development of community life 9 4 ROLES OF A TEACHER 10 1 OVERVIEW (diagram) 2 EIGHT PRE-DETERMINED PYSCHIC PATTERNS (PPP) Each child carries
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