Introduction to Language Language is a system of symbols with an agreed upon meaning that is used by a group of people. Language is a means of communication ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized sounds and signs‚ thus‚ being the spoken and written language. The History of Language It is a human tendency to communicate with others and this could underlie the emergence of language. Montessori said‚ “To talk is in the nature of man.” Humans needed language in order to communicate‚
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from birth to 3 years the absorbent mind absorbs impressions non-consciously. This goes to say that the child does not have even the basic awareness of the impressions he is absorbing; each and every thing that he is exposed to is taken in like a picture which is incorrigible. -However by the time the child moves from 3 years to 6 years‚consciousness starts to set in the child’s absorbent mind and he can now start consciously absorbing impressions from the environment. Now he becomes aware of what
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stage is the construction of him/her self‚ and their adaptation to the environment they find themselves in. (Remember the human tendencies?) We cannot learn about the world at this early stage except through our senses. Everything - every sensorial impression (colour‚ texture‚ shape‚ sound‚ word‚ etc) that the child comes into contact with during the first 3 years is unconsciously and immediately absorbed into
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“Dr Maria Montessori took this idea that the human has a mathematical mind from a French philosopher Pascal and developed a revolutionary math learning material for children as young as 3 years old. Her mathematical materials allow the children to begin their mathematical journey from a concrete concept to abstract idea”. With reference to the above statement please discuss how these children utilize their mathematical mind as part of their natural progression‚ to reason‚ to calculate and estimate
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out functions for drawings. Their eyes observe things with greater accuracy which comes from sensorial; and their hand become more skilled and flexible. The child will attain his goal towards which nature urges him to express himself with greater happiness after drawing. The eyes are trained to see and make the fine discrimination of shape‚ size and color of the sensorial material and given rich sensorial material to draw. A soul that feels is what we are born with. The soul is allowed to develop
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Mathematics is all around the young child from day one. For example certain matters like “How old are you?” “You were born on the 2nd” “I have 2 brothers”. Number itself cannot be defined and understand of number grows from experience with real objects but eventually they become abstract ideas. It is one of the most abstract concepts that the human mind has encountered. No physical aspects of objects can ever suggest the idea of number. The ability to count‚ to compute‚ and to use numerical relationships
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Why did Maria Montessori encourage the development of imagination rather than fantasy? Why not fantasy under the age of 6 years old? How can we stimulate imagination and its productivity? Give detailed relevant examples. “Imagination extends man beyond his wildest dreams-fantasy will ultimately limit him.” There is difference between Fantasy and imagination that people seem to misunderstand and the value that each has to the child’s development. Imagination is the ability to conceptualise objects
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build his personality for his survival in the society. From birth and throughout the childhood‚ a child’s Absorbent Mind allows him to absorb impressions from his surrounding environment and directly store it into his psychic life. As an infant these impressions are absorbed unconsciously but gradually when the child has a conscious mind‚ he absorb impressions consciously and make language connections. There are blocks of time in early years of child’s life which he absorbs certain characteristics
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was not especially homogeneous‚ they characterized by represent the way in which one person sees something at one moment in time‚ impressions of a particular and singular moment. They focused in the sensorial aspect of how human beings experience the world giving great stress to subjectivity. In order to do this‚ they employ light and colour which produce a sensorial impact on the onlooker. In this liking way‚ literature tries to adapt the new techniques of painting to writing. They also stress
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university studies‚ but the first one‚ the period from birth to the age of six”. At this time‚ children are endowed with a special mentality‚ the Absorbent Mind‚ that takes in everything children experience by their senses. Children create upon absorbed impressions their intelligence and personality (Montessori‚ 2007a). As children ’s brain is extremely receptive and develops rapidly‚ they /need an interesting‚ slightly challenging and rich in purposeful activities environment. From this they can learn by
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