programs were created. Interestingly‚ the Montessori approach is a specialized method created by Maria Montessori. The Montessori Method; which is widely used today was created with the focus of children learning from their environment (Morrison‚ 2009). Montessori’s are not aimed at talented and gifted children; this method is expressed in public and private school settings in conjunction with children attending up to age 18. In addition‚ Montessori serves the needs of children of all levels
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Dr Montessori identifies four planes of development. Describe these. Discuss their importance to the educator? Montessori was a product of the historical past and inherited the intellectual and progressive tradition in education from Rousseau‚ Pestalozzi and Frobel. From these inspirations Montessori took this inheritance of ideas and developed them further. During her lifetime she discovered and formulated original ideas about child development through her observation of the child. Montessori
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deviation is a defense created when development cannot proceed in a normal way. All children have some deviation‚ some worse than others. If these deviations are not corrected‚ they will become progressively worse and eventually permanent. Maria Montessori has proven through many years of experience that normalisation causes the disappearance of many childish traits‚ not only those which are considered to be deviations but also others which are generally thought to be virtues. Among the traits that
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As part of this assignment I will write about the historical developments of the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) sector in Ireland‚ History of ECCE provision in Ireland Pre-school education did not really exist in Ireland apart from a few exceptions until the 1980s and 1990s. This was largely due to the fact that until quite recently the majority of Irish women did not work outside the home. Even if they did the childcare was usually provided by family members or childminders located in
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The Absorbent Mind Theory of Dr. Maria Montessori This paper will explore Dr. Maria Montessori’s Absorbent Mind Theory‚ the implementation of The Absorbent Mind Theory in Montessori practices; The Absorbent Mind Theory’s relation to Wallace J. Kahn’s ABC Model and to my own personal philosophy statement‚ in regards to the education of young children. The Absorbent Mind Theory states that the minds of young children‚ ages birth to six-years-old‚ are comparable to sponges‚ in that they ‘soak
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process of evolution’ (Montessori‚ 2007‚ p230). Montessori (2007) also refers to ‘hormic impulse’ evident in the first year of the child’s life‚ and present in all his/her actions‚ such as the infant’s determination to suck‚ explore‚ communicate and be independent. Initially unintentional‚ gradually‚ as the child experiences his/her environment and matures‚ the child’s behaviours become intentional and reflect the child’s will.” (MCI‚ 2013‚ Philosophy‚ Chp 2‚ p4). Montessori continues to elaborate
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In a Montessori Tides classroom‚ there are carefully designed didactic materials that incorporate all the senses in the learning process. The hands which‚ according to Dr. Maria Montessori‚ “are the instruments of man’s intelligence‚” work together with the mind. Freedom of movement grants the child the opportunity to observe and explore the prepared environment. Constantly the Montessori child actively uses and refines her senses as she absorbs the world around‚ while the child in the traditional
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understanding of these periods determines he’s/her preparation and custodianship of the prepared environment. According to Montessori that it is very easy for a child to acquire certain abilities such as language‚ discrimination of sensory stimuli‚ and mental modeling of the environment at certain periods this is what Dr. Montessori called Sensitive periods. (Montessori‚ 1966). In my easy I’m going to explain the main sensitive periods and why they are important for the child’s first
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the child. However‚ next to the family‚ the classroom is one of the most important places in the world of a child. The Montessori classroom not only determines the present state of the child but also his future wellbeing. A child in his formative years‚ which are between 2 ½ to 6‚ is like a receiver‚ he is open to all kind of transmitters. In “The Absorbent Mind”‚ Dr Maria Montessori wrote: “There are many who believe that the most important period of life is not the age of university studies‚ but
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experience special. Consistently‚ early childhood programs offer educational foundations that prepare young students for their educational futures. In this paper I will focus on comparing and contrasting two programs that stood out to me‚ Ridgeline Montessori and the Whitaker Head Start. When examining early childhood programs there are many similarities and differences across the board. After observing both programs‚ I noticed that both schools have benefited from tailoring the services and programs
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