This paper will include the following topics: the theories and/or philosophies of Montessori; concepts learned throughout this course‚ how to apply them into an early childhood classroom focusing on the understanding components to design a curriculum for a preschool classroom based on ages 3 to 5 year old children. First let’s discuss the philosophies of both Maria Montessori and Jean Piaget. Maria Montessori ideas and beliefs are embedded throughout every early childhood program and her influence
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Montessori Teacher Training Work/Play Balance – a Montessori Perspective I recently read an alarming article from Michael Conlon of Reuters‚ entitled‚ U.S. school children need less work‚ more play: study. Conlon contends that there is a growing trend in U.S. public schools of reducing free time "because many school districts responded to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 by reducing time committed to recess‚ the creative arts‚ and even physical education in an effort to focus on reading
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informal ways. Maria Montessori (1912) said “Play is the work of child”. The aim is help the children reach their potential‚ creativity and intellectual. The child learns concepts through the materials‚ not just through listening‚ watching or reading. When the children played in the lesson‚ I was observing their interests‚ needs and abilities. It is the degree of interaction between teacher
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the last stage remains with the muscles which make the movements. ’Movement thus becomes the last part that completes the cycle of thought’ says Dr. Montessori. This co-ordination creates the unique characteristic of Man namely WORK possible. Movement is a mode of human expression. Animals too express themselves by their movements. Dr. Montessori asks "Can we ignore this fact in Man?" Movement becomes a system of healthy relationship with Man’s environment (establish‚ maintain and restore conditions)
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inspiration". (Montessori‚ The Discovery of the Child‚ pg. 151) _Sensorial Exercises are designed by Montessori to cover every quality that can be perceived by the senses such as size‚ shape‚ composition‚ texture‚ loudness or softness‚ matching‚ weight‚ temperature‚ etc. Because the Exercises cover such a wide range of senses‚ Montessori categorized the Exercises into eight different groups: Visual‚ Tactile‚ Baric‚ Thermic‚ Auditory‚ Olfactory‚ Gustatory‚ and Stereognostic_. . Montessori sought to
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Why is Mathematics included in the Montessori curriculum? Maria Montessori strongly believed that a child’s perception is enhanced by exploring his natural ability to classify‚ compare‚ generalize‚ differentiate‚ pattern and analyze leading the child in developing a mathematical logical mind. Dr. Maria Montessori once said‚ “Great creations come
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animals; the other is postnatal and only man has this. The prolonged infancy of man separates him entirely from the animals‚ and this is the meaning we must give to it” Dr.Maria Montessori Basic Ideas of Montessori’s Educational Theory Comment on the above quote. Using this quote‚ explain the way in which Montessori philosophy aids the child formation of his personality. When Wolff announced his discoveries on the segmentation of the germ
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children appear to go through periods of concentrating on specific capacities‚ and their minds seem to operate differently from ours. She referred to the time frames involved in the child’s development of a definitive ability as sensitive period. (Montessori‚ 1996‚ p.25)Each sensitive period is period of a child special sensibility and psychological attitudes. This period is usually intense and prolonged activity which does not lead to fatigue or boredom‚ but instead leads to persistent energy and interest
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Maria Montessori was an Italian philosopher she was a single child raised by wealthy and well-educated parents‚ she was also very bright‚ studying both modern languages and natural science. Graduating from technical school in 1886‚ Montessori went on to attend Regio Instituto Tecnico Leonardo da Vinci. Where she became the first woman in Italy to qualify as a physician. Throughout her time Maria often worked with children with learning difficulties in socially deprived areas‚ due to her interest
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Rachael Jacobson Cosmic Education Exiled to India during World War II‚ Maria Montessori developed one of the basic tenets of her philosophy of education. This tenet is what she called cosmic education. In To Educate the Human Potential (ed 2007 p9) Montessori said that‚ “the stars‚ earth‚ stone‚ life of all kind form a whole in relation to each other‚ and so close is this relation that we cannot understand a stone without some understanding of the great sun”. This interconnectedness
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