to the Sensorial area of the Montessori classroom after he has worked in practical life‚ become familiar with classroom rules and correct handling of materials‚ and is used to the idea of a full cycle of activity. While the sensorial exercises no longer involve familiar objects‚ they are working with skills the child uses every day- his senses. The child’s senses are his link with the world around him and his only means of exploring his environment. The formative years‚ from birth to six‚ are a time
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Written by: imass Date: 3 March 2012 Student No: M/10/11/0352 Assignment: Explain how the role of the teacher changes in the process of the child’s growing normalization (socialization). • Define the term normalization‚ linking it with the concept of deviations. • Outline the environmental aspects that support normalization. Explain the maturation nature of normalization linked to the child’s growing social development. • Describe the teacher’s initial approach with
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Research paper on Montessori Education {Kierre Davis} (American Public Universty} Abstract This research paper intends to explain and describe factors and features of Montessori education and Montessori school. It illustrates the practical implementation of Montessori education. It is an old method of education operating since 100 years. It started from the indigent nursery school in Rome and afterwards‚ it continued to expand at a larger scale. Approximations specify that over 5000 schools
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result in a child’s regression. Montessori first used the term normalization (Montessori‚ 1966) to describe the observations that she saw in her classroom work with children in Italy in the 1960’s. The concept of normalization is recognised as a series of characteristics that define the point at which children concentrate with unbroken repetition and acquire self discipline for a task or activity that ultimately results in self-satisfaction. Montessori (1966) identified the child’s conversion
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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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who possesses countless potentialities since his early age. He is endowed through abilities to develop both physical and psychic constructions by himself. The development and growth for physical or external area is visible. Yet‚ the inner mechanism is still imperfectly understood. There are two studies are contained in these inner mechanism. The glands and secretion connected with physical growth‚ the other is an understanding of child’s mental growth which is called “sensitive period”. It is
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THE PREPARED ENVIRONMENT Montessori classrooms provide a prepared environment where children are free to respond to their natural tendency to work. The prepared environment offers the essential elements for optimal development. The key components comprise the children‚ teacher and physical surroundings including the specifically designed Montessori educational material.There are prepared environments for children at each successive developmental plane. These environments allow children to take
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Montessori introduced Exercises in Grace and Courtesy in reaction to the young child’s need for order. The child has a need to know and to absorb the social structures in order to be more at ease in his environment. Grace and Courtesy lessons give the child the vocabulary‚ actions‚ and steps required for him to build his awareness and responsiveness of those around him. This in turn gives the child a better sense of orientation in his social structure. The Primary Class is the perfect place to
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I will be talking about my development years‚ also bringing my observations‚ not done at the child center‚ and make some reference form the berk book. Development is a word that is used to describe the many changes in a child’s physical growth‚ as well as their ability to learn the social‚ emotional‚ behavior‚ thinking and communication skills needed for life. These areas are all linked‚ and one depends on another and their influence each other. In the first five years of life‚ a child’s brain will
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are continuous. Montessori education was developed with attention to the Sensitive Periods as a central theme. If a child is prohibited these sensitive periods‚ the natural consequences are shown with the disturbing effect on psychic development and maturity. As soon as a sensitive period appears the child must be assisted. It is important that we as adults have knowledge of the sensitive periods and use this information in our environment to avoid barriers for the natural development of all children
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