I choose Maria Montessori’s theories on education because I believe that her ideas make the most sense when it involves children learning in the classroom and at home. Her theories of observation and hands on learning were given much recognition in the twentieth century. She was recognized as one of the pioneers of early childhood education. (Kramer‚ Rita Marie. 1988. Maria Montessori: A Biography. Reading‚ MA: Addison-Wesley). Most schools today are still using several of Montessori’s theories and
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No: 1 Define the term Sensitive periods and explain how the teacher’s knowledge and 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
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Sensitive Periods Sensitive periods‚ refers to times in our lives when we are biologically primed to respond to certain influences in our environment. Montessori believed that the most critical times were from infancy to the age of 6. She believed that the period was transient‚ and limited to acquiring a particular trait. Once acquired‚ the specific sensibility disappeared. Sensitive periods are critical for growth and development. They allow the child to connect with the environment
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the term sensitive period and explain how the teacher’s knowledge and understanding of these periods determines his/her preparation and custodianship of the prepared environment. The understanding of the sensitive period plays a vital role to the significant of a child’s development at the early age of his environment. Montessoriobserved two special powers that appear to aid children in their task of development as individual in the first plane: children appear to go through periods of concentrating
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self-construction‚ which had been interrupted‚ is now taken up again‚ as nature has intended all along.” E.M Standing‚ Maria Montessori: her life and work‚ pg 174 Learning‚ by itself‚ cannot happen without concentration. Whether we are learning to tie our shoes‚ write our name‚ wash a car or solve complex algebraic equations‚ there is intense concentration specific to the task at hand. Dr. Maria Montessori understood the power of concentration‚ and her methodology is designed to nurture this power. Concentration
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Practical Life Rationale Paper 1. Who is Maria Montessori? Please give a brief description of her life. Maria Montessori was the founder of the Montessori approach to education‚ she was born in Italy in 1870. As a teenager she was an engineer‚ but later she studied her favor major of medicine. Graduated as Italy’s first female medical practitioner she embarked on a career in mental health. Following on from this she was asked to head up a childcare project for a social housing initiative and her
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SENSITIVE PERIODS IN SUMMARY AND IMPLICATION FOR MONTESSORI TEACHERS SENSITIVE PERIOD FOR MOVEMENT • Movement is tied to intelligence KEYWORDS ADDITIONAL IDEAS SENSITIVE TO WHAT Movement/Activity (sitting‚ crawling‚ cruising etc) WHEN DOES IT APPEAR PEAK DISAPPEARS It appears at pre-birth (0 month) 1-2 years At death and cessation of movement (paralysis) DEVELOPMENTAL AIM - To enable the child to explore his own environment - To perfect himself and his personality through work with
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1. What are the six sensitive periods? Write seven or eight lines on each of them. The Six sensitive periods are: * The period for Sensitivity to order. * The period for Refinement of order. * The period of Sensitivity to language. * The period of Sensitivity for walking. * The period of Sensitivity of small object. * The period of social Aspects of life. Montessori believed in a necessary relationship between children and their environment. Children must find a properly
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Sensorial area expands the child sensory perceptions and knowledge of the world. Maria Montessori called sensorial materials the "key to the universe" because they enable the to perceive‚ identity and classify what he sees‚ touches‚ smells‚ taste and hears. SENSORIAL The Sensorial area of the classroom uses the Sensorial Material to address the child’s Sensitive Period for the Refinement of the Senses. Dr. Montessori stated that the “Sensorial Materials are the keys to universe.” The first step for
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Montessori essay Maria Montessori. Her life and her methods in the 1800’s. Maria was born in Rome‚ Italy in 1870 to an upper middle class family. Her parents wanted her to be a housewife‚ as were most women of her generation‚ but Maria had other ideas. In 1896‚ she became the first female doctor in all of Italy. It was very hard for her to become a doctor because all of the other doctors were men. The men made fun of her and threatened her. All she could do was block them out. Because of this
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