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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and soul (from birth to three years)‚ which Dr. Montessori thought of as being comparable to the physical growth of the embryo in the womb before birth. The potential power of the brain is there‚ and as the child grows that potential will either develop‚ or else gradually die away. Once this period of construction is over; what has been built wrong will remain and the child will have a defect for life which cannot be altered. Therefore‚ Montessori says that people who are able to rely on their natural
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1. Sensorial Education A child is an active learner who is attracted by the things in this world. He learns everything without knowing he is learning it‚ and in doing so‚ he passes little by little from the unconscious to the conscious. Maria Montessori mentioned that the first of the child’s organs to begin functioning are his senses. The period of life between the ages of three and six years covers a period of rapid physical development. It is the time for the formation of the sense activities
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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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teacher must understand and feel her position to observe : the activity must lie in the phenomenon”(Dr. Montessori ‚The Absorbent Mind‚ Chapter 27) Comment on the statement and explain how a directress assist the child in his psychic development . She must have passion to do work with children. She is an observer who aims to seeing each child unfold his poteltial . MONTESSORI EDUCATION HAS WORKED ALL OVER THE WORLD‚ WITH ALL KIND OF CHILDREN WITHtheir different kind of environment
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for survival.even when thje baby is born‚he takes time to grow i.eincarnate and reconstruct himself.unlike other animals that run‚walk and jump from birth‚the child possesses within him a pre-determined pattern of psychic unfolding which Maria Montessori called “spiritual embryo”.This refers to a period of pschyic unfolding when a child’s brain‚intellect‚personality and emotion are developed. The pchchic pattern in inborn in the child and is only revealed through the process of development
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The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say‚ “The children are now working as if I did not exist.” Dr. Maria Montessori (The Absorbent mind‚ Chapter 27‚ Pg. 295) This quote from Dr. Montessori highlights the role of the teacher in a Montessori environment. How a teacher creates and stimulates children with an external and inner environment so rich and full of learning that a class full of little children is at peace and is quietly satiating their inner being. Education and learning
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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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PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT Dr. Montessori defined four stages of development and labeled them as four planes of development. Within these stages‚ development is intense at the beginning‚ consolidates and then tapers to the next. 1st and 3rd planes are period of intense creation‚ while 2nd and 4th planes are calm periods of consolidation. Each plane is approximately six years and has its own special characteristics as follows: 1. FIRST PLANE OF DEVELOPMENT : (0-6) ( INDIVIDUAL CREATION OF THE PERSON)
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characteristic of this period is known as the Absorbent Mind. The child absorbs environment into himself. The child creates the person she will become once given an appropriate and specially prepared environment to work. Montessori said that during the absorbent mind‚ the Sensitive Periods are at the strongest and facilitates the child’s learning process. This period can be divided into two sub-phases. Unconscious Absorbent Mind (0-3 years). The child cannot be dictated in this period nor can be
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