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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HOW DOES THE CHILD PROGRESS FROM CONCRETE TO ABSTRACT IN THE MATHEMATICS MATERIALS‚ Mathematics is the most eye opening of the entire Montessori curriculum. It is full of fascinating and beautiful hands on materials that bring the mathematical concept to life. The goal of Dr. Montessori was not just to teach the children the children to recognize numbers and calculate but enable them to think logically. The mathematics materials develop the child mathematical mind‚ the ability to reason abstract
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blocks of time child’s absorbent mind allows him to absorb characteristics of language from his surrounding environment through his sensory organs and directly store in his psychic life which aids in his natural development. As an infant these impressions are absorbed unconsciously but gradually when the child has a conscious mind‚ which he acquires around the age of 3‚ he absorbs characteristics of language consciously. So it is important to provide the child with a resourceful environment‚ lead
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The Montessori classroom uses the phonics approach to teach reading. Outline the graded phonics sequence and state the reading skills required at each stage. “Language lies at the root of that transformation of the environment that we call civilization.” (source 3) Language is the ability to understand speech and a desire to convey one’s feelings and thoughts. It is through communication that human beings are able to cooperate with each other to solve common problems. It is through communication
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a child develops knowledge based on impressions fixed in his mind by his experiences in reality. “The children’s mind between three and six can not only see by intelligence the relations between things‚ but it has the higher power still of mentally imagining those things that are not directly visible.” 2 For instance‚ through hands-on work with the Montessori materials‚ a child understands the quantity represented by each number from 0-9 (many of the sensorial materials represent our Base 10 system)
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practical life activities and sensorial training to the child. Practical life activities allows the child to gain precision in movements and strength of hand as well as the ability to focus on the work‚ it also helps in development of sense of order and logical and sequential thought pattern that indirectly prepare the child for mathematic .It also provides an opportunity for the child to develop the social skills to work well with others. On the other hand sensorial training helps in child’s development
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In this essay‚ we will be focusing on Maria Montessori’s point of view on children’s development during the first few years of life. Firstly‚ the essay will outline the planes of development and the two embryonic stages proposed by Montessori (Montessori‚ 2007a). Then‚ a detail explanation of what is the sensitive period (Montessori‚ 1966) will be included and link to each stage of child development with practical examples. Lastly the essay will conclude with the importance of facilitating the sensitive
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The baby is not an inert or passive being‚ but a “creative” individual‚ actively struggling to grow and learn. There is an unconscious urge‚ a life force or horme that works untiringly‚ but this work of the child cannot achieve perfect development if the conditions are not right.” Discuss a perfect prepared environment‚ stimulating his needs for emotional‚ intellectual stimulation‚ hygienic precaution and his physical growth. “There is a play of instincts within a child not only with respect
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to utter a few syllables‚ then his first word‚ then names of objects or things around him. Gradually‚ more works and names and later to making of sentences. Besides‚ listening‚ a child is also taking in impressions of speech by observing the adult’s mouth and lip movements. All these impressions from sight and hearing are stored in child’s subconscious mind. Dr. Montessori called it the “Absorbent Mind.” At a certain point of time‚ a special sensitivity appears during the child’s mental development
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Sensitive Periods Table of contents Sensitive Periods Main points Characteristics Sensitive period for Order Sensitive Period for Perfecting Movement Sensitive Period for Language. Sensitive Period for the Senses and small objects. Sensitive Period for Social Relations Significance For Education Adults Role. SENSITIVE PERIODS Main Points The term "Sensitive Period" was first used by Hugo De Vries
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