Dr Montessori loved mathematics. In Italy in the 1880 she chose to attend a boy’s technical school just so she could study mathematics. This love of mathematics is very visible in the wonderful materials she designed so young children could share her enthusiasm. In the Montessori view the ‘mathematical mind’ is a manifestation of several human tendencies. “Humans are driven to explore and to investigate their environment. To this effectively‚ they need to orient themselves in an ordered way” (Feez
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In The Mind Of A Seven Year Old P. 2 Isaiah is a delightful seven year old boy who lives with his family in Chino. In his family are parents‚ Esther‚ Cesar and sisters; Sylvia and Samantha. Isaiah’s sisters are ten and eighteen months and his parents are in their forty’s. Upon entering their home‚ Isaiah had just come home from school and was like a tornado flowing through the house. He was quite indeed a rambonxious noisy seven year old who couldn’t stay still
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1. Summarise the main development of a child from the age range. 0-2 years‚ 3-5 years‚ 5-8 years When you look at children and their development you notice that they all grow in various ways throughout the stages. There are five key stages of development that happens in every child’s life‚ hitting the same milestones although this may vary in age as every child is different. Physical Development From the moment a baby is born the psychical development starts. It all starts with the ability to
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PHYSICAL- The kitchen toy involves the child to develop a large range of physical development and improvement. Firstly‚ the whole point of the role play toys is to touch and interact with the things provided. In this case‚ the kitchen has food items‚ cupboards and buttons that the child can touch‚ therefore stimulating one of the senses (touch). Also‚ there are sounds and noises that play whilst the child is interacting with the toy‚ this also stimulates the sense of hearing as they recognise and
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(1) 3.1 and 3.2 It is important to ensure children and young people are protected within the work setting : In my work setting‚ all the children and young people have been subjected to some kind of personal trauma‚ making some of them display unpredictable behaviour‚ our working practice and policies are designed to keep both staff and children/young people feel safe and protected during day to day work and contact with the children/young peoples families‚ making children/young people understand
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However‚ Maria Montessori observed a much more natural process at work among human beings that did not need to be taught‚ much less drilled‚ into the human psyche. She believed that discipline‚ obedience and a person’s will go hand in hand and it would be quite impossible to have one without the other. We can quite easily see that in order to obey in any meaningful sense there must already be the will to do so. This thought process requires a level of discipline. Discipline to Montessori is not something
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Child abuse and maltreatment is not limited to a particular age and can occur in the infant‚ toddler‚ preschool‚ and school-age years. Choose one of the four age groups (infant‚ toddler‚ preschool‚ or school age) and discuss the types of abuse that are most often seen in this age. Discuss warning signs and physical and emotional assessment findings the nurse may see that could indicate child abuse. Discuss cultural variations of health practices that can be misidentified as child abuse. Describe
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Define the term sensitive periods‚ and explain how the teacher’s knowledge and understanding of these periods determines his/her preparation and custodianship of the prepared environment. Dr Maria Montessori started her observational studies after opening Casa dei Bambini or Children’s House in 1907. “It would be a great mistake” she says to believe that‚ by merely observing children‚ we were led to form such a new idea as that of the existence of a hidden nature in the child
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and some concern among many new Montessori Parents. Normalization is indeed not the best choice of words! It suggests that we are going to help children who are not normal to become “normal.” This is definitely not what Maria Montessori meant. Normalization is Montessori’s name for the process that takes place in Montessori classrooms around the world‚ through which young children learn to focus their intelligence‚ concentrate their energies for long periods‚ and take tremendous satisfaction
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Infant Observation Time and Location Date: February 4‚ 2014 Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m. Location: the living room of the child’s home Developmental Stage The infant observed‚ SG‚ was female and approximately two months old. SG was still in the infancy stage. Physical Development SG spent most of the time the observation was done asleep. When SG was awake though‚ a few experiments were conducted to test her reflexes. SG showed consistent signs of every reflex except the Stepping‚ and Tonic neck
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