Paulina V Edmunds James Paulik Montessori Philosophy and Pedagogy 27 January 2013 NORMALIZATION The children‚ who benefit enormously from the Montessori legacy‚ enjoy what Maria Montessori called “a Cosmic Education”. These children transform by the order‚ harmony and tranquility they experience every minute in this Montessori environment. They begin to transform‚ and this natural transformation was called by Dr. Montessori: “Normalization”‚ “It is the mental state children reach when they approach
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The Three Levels of Obedience Julia B. Kulakowski Montessori Institute of San Diego The three levels of obedience are explained by Dr. Maria Montessori after long observations of children of multiple ages in her classroom. She defines the three of obedience as first‚ an ability to obey‚ but not all the time. Secondly an ability to obey at all times after developing their own will. Finally being able to obey consistently‚ moreover to follow another person which the child
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Introduction to Reading Reading is an ability which develops during the Sensitive Period for Language‚ fro prenatal hearing to the ‘Explosion into Reading’‚ around the age of five. Reading is an extension of the development of Vocabulary‚ the child discovers how a known word looks in graphic form after she has become a fluent speaker and has benefited from indirect and direct Enrichment Activities‚ the Three Period Lesson‚ Language Training and Writing. It is impossible to read an unknown word
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1. Describe what Montessori meant by ‘’New Education’’? Maria Montessori believed that despite economic and technological development there are conflicts and sufferings instead of peace and harmony in our modern world. She believed that the prevailing social problems were unfulfilled and can only be fulfilled by educating the youth for the generation of balanced adults who would contribute towards world peace. By ‘’New Education’’ she meant that we could set up a new education system that could
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Keystone Montessori preschool Whittier provide quality Montessori education in a loving and nurturing environment. It is my greatest pleasure to exploit my twenty years experience of Montessori Method to lead our school with implementing the principle and philosophies of Dr. Montessori. Our teachers’ dedication‚ commitment and love for children are always value in Keystone Montessori. Our teachers support to fulfill child’s abilities and to chive their future goals. Teacher’s role complete with
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they have a choice to draw and paint‚ which can put their imagination in their artwork. They do nursery rhymes using their bodies to do the actions to the nursery rhymes. This is how Frobel’s theory of play is in settings today. Maria Montessori Montessori was born in Italy on the 31st august 1870. She had attended a technical school until 1886‚ from then she attended Regio Instituto Technico Leonardo da Vinci‚ where she studied modern languages and natural sciences. After she had graduated
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Children in the first Plane of Development are in the Sensitive Period for language‚ and it is our responsibility to prepare an environment rich in language. One way to do this is to tell stories to the children. “Storytelling is relating a tale to one or more listeners through voice and gesture. It is not the same as reading a story aloud or reciting a piece from memory or acting out a drama-though it shares common characteristics with these arts. The storyteller looks into the eyes of the
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2. What are the discoveries of Dr. Maria Montessori? Dr. Maria Montessori‚ internationally renowned child educator‚ was originally a medical doctor who brought the scientific methods of observation‚ experimentation‚ and research to the study of children‚ their development and education. As a doctor‚ Montessori came to believe that many of the problems of the children she was working with were educational rather than medical. In examining education she felt that children were not achieving their
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Montessori’s greatest discovery. Though it was first discovered by a Dutch Scientist‚ Hugo de Vries‚ it was on animals‚ but Dr. Maria Montessori found the existence of this period in children too. The term “Sensitive Period” is used for a specific period of a child’s mental growth‚ during which the different sensibilities enable him to choose from a complex environment what is suitable and necessary for his development at that particular stage of a “Sensitive Period”. It is a limited time when the child
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and Toddler Curriculum class‚ I was assigned the toddler classroom at Montessori Day School to complete my 24 hours of observation. The classroom had ten children with two teachers. The classroom was divided into four sections by two-shelf bookshelves. There were two tables‚ large carpets‚ and small white rugs where the students could take their work to complete. Because Montessori Day School is passionate about the Montessori method‚ the children do not simply wander the classroom and play with
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