PEANUT BUTTER SANDWICH Materials 1. Loaf of bread (white or wheat depending on preference) 2. Jar of peanut butter 3. Knife 4. Apron 5. Clean hand towel 6. Tray 7. Flat plate Concept Isolated How to prepare Peanut butter Sandwich Direct Aims 1. Order 2. Organisation 3. Co-ordination 4. Concentration 5. Independence Indirect Aims To encourage and develop gross motor skills Prerequisites 1. Make sure the work area is free
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6 sensitive periods? Write 7 to 8 lines on each of them? The Sensitive Periods in a child’s life was Dr. Maria 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
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Birth & Family: Montessori was born in Ancona‚ Italy. Her father‚ Alessandro Montessori‚ 33 years old at the time‚ was an official of the Ministry of Finance. Her mother‚ Renilde Stoppani‚ 25 years old‚ was well educated for the times and was probably related to Italian geologist and paleontologist. While she did not have any particular mentor‚ she was very close to her mother who readily encouraged her. She also had a loving relationship with her father‚ although he disagreed with her choice
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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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Montessori Education SA Montessori‚ Pre-Primary Philosophy 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Covering Page 1 Table Of Contents 2 1 Write a page about Maria Montessori’s family‚ 4 where they lived‚ her father’s profession‚ her mother and her siblings 2 Where did Maria Montessori go to school‚ what did she study and why 5 3 Write about Maria Montessori’s Medical training‚ why‚ where 6 4 Note where she first practised medicine‚ why‚ and what did
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the senses offers the child a key to guide his explorations of the world‚ they cast a light upon it which makes visible to him more things in greater detail than he could see in the dark‚ or uneducated state." The Absorbent Mind p 167‚ Chap 17 Montessori was very influenced by the work of Edouard Seguin. He specialised in working with mentally deficient children and had developed a series of exercises that helped to train the children’s senses and to teach them the skills of everyday life. He also
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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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“The power to obey is the last phase in the development of the will‚ which in its turn has made obedience possible.” (Montessori‚ 1988‚ p.239) Montessori believed that the disorderly and disobedient acts of a young child where from those actions that he/she had yet to develop and so where unable to control successfully. Discipline and obedience could not therefore be inflicted on a young child as had been traditionally thought‚ nor could it be sustained through rewards and punishments. “Obedience
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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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