Spontaneous Observer of Nature
“A child who,more than anything else, is a spontaneous observer of nature, certainly needs to have at his disposal material upon which he can work.”
As our lives become more technologically advanced and driven many children have very little access to a natural habitat in their neighbourhood environment.Young children develop their sensory,cognitive,gross and motor skills while in relationship to the natural world.The function of the school is to supply children with interesting information and motives for action.
A child,who more than anyone else is a spontaneous observer of nature,certainly needs to have at his/or her disposal,materials upon which he/or she can work”-Dr.Maria Montessori.
Childern in bed to explore the environment from the first moment after birth.Even if they appear helpless,motionless infants are exploring in their cribs.It is an invisible exploration of hearing,looking etc.The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge.He has the power to teach himself.A single observation is enough to prove this.The child grows up speaking his parent 's tongue,yet to grownups the learning of the language is a very great intellectual achievement.No one teaches the child.
The goal of the Montessori method is to develop the child’s sensory and cognitive skills, while at the same time enhancing the child’s practical life skills and building his character. The child (Absorbent Mind) between birth and age six, the child has a unique ability to learn and assimilate anything surrounding him, without any effort and in a completely unconscious way. In Montessori’s words, “The child absorbs these impressions not with his mind but with his life itself. By absorbing what he finds about him, he forms his own personality. He constructs his mind step by step till he becomes possessed of memory, the power to understand, the ability to think.” (Montessori 1949: 84-85) One discovery followed another, giving Montessori an increasingly clear view of the inner mind
As our lives become more technologically advanced and driven many children have very little access to a natural habitat in their neighbourhood environment.Young children develop their sensory,cognitive,gross and motor skills while in relationship to the natural world.The function of the school is to supply children with interesting information and motives for action.
A child,who more than anyone else is a spontaneous observer of nature,certainly needs to have at his/or her disposal,materials upon which he/or she can work”-Dr.Maria Montessori.
Childern in bed to explore the environment from the first moment after birth.Even if they appear helpless,motionless infants are exploring in their cribs.It is an invisible exploration of hearing,looking etc.The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge.He has the power to teach himself.A single observation is enough to prove this.The child grows up speaking his parent 's tongue,yet to grownups the learning of the language is a very great intellectual achievement.No one teaches the child.
The goal of the Montessori method is to develop the child’s sensory and cognitive skills, while at the same time enhancing the child’s practical life skills and building his character. The child (Absorbent Mind) between birth and age six, the child has a unique ability to learn and assimilate anything surrounding him, without any effort and in a completely unconscious way. In Montessori’s words, “The child absorbs these impressions not with his mind but with his life itself. By absorbing what he finds about him, he forms his own personality. He constructs his mind step by step till he becomes possessed of memory, the power to understand, the ability to think.” (Montessori 1949: 84-85) One discovery followed another, giving Montessori an increasingly clear view of the inner mind