control of movement are experienced through the exercises of practical life. Movement is the law of the child being. Indeed‚ he has a biological need to move. As a physician‚ Montessori understood the importance of movement. She called her exercises in this area “A help to Life’’. How is motor development encouraged in Montessori classroom? Give examples of exercises that offer opportunities for development in motor development. Movement is the law of the child’s being‚ he has a biological need
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as a part of a particular human family no one can see any outward distinction of belonging to the group in time‚ place‚ culture‚ language‚ tradition‚ family or ethnic status. As an individual human person he has no manifestation of the conscious psychic powers of intelligence‚ will‚ emotions etc. In short he does not seem to possess a human behaviour pattern or life style. Even the physical component of his life seems to be incomplete‚ skull not closed yet‚ bones yet to be ossified ‚ digestive
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Maria Montessori‚ The Montessori Method Comment on the above statement and explain your understanding of the role of the educator in assisting the child in his development. “Truly there is an urgent need today of reforming the methods of instruction and education‚ and he who aims at such a renewal is struggling for the regeneration of mankind.” Dr. Maria Montessori‚ The Discovery of the Child‚ Ch. 1‚ Page No. 19 The founder of the Montessori Method of Education‚ Dr. Maria Montessori was one
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physical embryo; He develops his physical structures and increases in size while in the womb. Once he is born‚ leaving the comfort of his mother’s womb‚ he must go through a phase of reconstruction or incarnation. He must become like his parents in movement‚ speech and other areas. To do this he does not possess fixed or predetermined instincts dictating his development like in animals who immediately behave like their parents once they are born. He possesses predetermined patterns of psychic unfolding
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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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of not recognising it‚ and finally how we can support children in this crucial time. "A sensitive periods refers to a special sensibility which a creature in its infantile state‚ while it is still in a process of evolution". ( Montessori‚ 1966‚ p38) Maria Montessori believed that during first few years of life its very easy for a child to learn without an effort that later on will be more difficult such as language. She observed that there is an inner passion and urge to absorbed everything from
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Most children are fulfilled and happy because they are educated through Montessori Method. This is because the child gets pleasure through work and the practical life exercise‚ provides the child with a meaningful tasks. Children are naturally interested in activities they have witnessed. Therefore‚ Dr. Montessori began to using what she called “Practical Life Exercise” to allow the child to do activities of daily life and adapt himself in his society. The purpose and aim of practical life is to
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towards independence.” Dr Montessori believed that from the moment child is born‚ he begins his journey to independence. She believed that every child is born with certain potentialities/Nebulae and an urge or Horme to carry out activities. Maria Montessori termed the child as the spiritual embryo. The child possesses within him‚ a pre-determined pattern of psychic unfolding which leads him to perform activities for his self construction‚ development and growth. This psychic pattern is built at the
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ESAAY QUESTION 5: WHY IS MOVEMENT SO IMPORTANT AND HOW DOES IT KEEP THE CHILD IN HIS MENTAL ACQUISITION The importance of the hands is at the heart of Montessori education. Hands are referred to as the instruments of man’s intelligence. When a child is born he does not know what the importance of his hands is but as he grows up and takes up more activities he makes his movements perfect. A child’s brain and hand are connected allowing the child to develop his mental capacity. Through movement is
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constructor and maker of the adult man. The child is the father of the man. In the pre-natal period the child has established all the vital organs which after birth are developed enough for survival. In a parallel manner the foundations of the psychic life have been established. Though there has been much development in the pre-natal period‚ the development of a child during the first 3 years after birth is unequalled in intensity and importance than any period that preceeds or follows the rest
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