Practical Life Written Examination Paper By Ben(Zhibin Xu) Capital College California In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Credential of Montessori Teacher May ‚ 2013 Under the Supervision of Ms. Evelyn You are asked to set up a practical life area in the classroom. What are the principles you must take into consideration in designing the practical life materials? I’ll consider the function and manageability‚ good
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DMT 104 Practical Life (Assignment One) Montessori in the Absorbent Mind writes that “the hands are instruments of man’s intelligence”. It is therefore critical that children develop the ability to control and coordinate their hand muscle so that these can come into contact with the environment in intelligent ways. Discuss the principles underlining the practical life exercises and how it fosters independence in children. Introduction A child in the first six years becomes a full member
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part of an education for independence. “If an educational act is to be efficacious‚ it will be only one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.” The Montessori Method‚ chapter 5. The Montessori education will ensures that the child will develop holistically. The holistic development of the child is including physical development‚ emotional development
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Social Graces - More popularly known as good manners and etiquette is not a “put-on” or “add-on” to one’s personality. Manners - Says Webster‚ “are social conduct or rules of conduct‚ as shown in the prevalent customs; habitual deportment‚ especially with reference to polite conventions.” Etiquette - The term etiquette seems stilted or phony‚ but consider that etiquette is merely a name for a pattern of behavior that is based on consideration for others‚ appropriateness and good taste‚ and
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Exercises of Practical Life What is Exercises of Practical Life: Practical: means basic‚ useful‚ purposeful Life: means the way of living. Exercises of Practical Life are just that‚ they are Exercises so the child can learn how to do living activities in a purposeful way. Purpose of Exercises of Practical Life: The purpose and aim of Practical Life is to help the child gain control in the coordination of his movement‚ and help the child to gain independence and adapt to his society. It is
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” Maria Montessori Practical life activities give the child an understanding of his/her environment and how it works. The child enjoys all types of work. Child also enjoys keeping the environment beautiful for all to use. This work builds the child’s self-esteem‚ making him feel of value. It may seem like they are "playing" when they are table scrubbing or polishing silver‚ but through these types of activities they are becoming prepared to do the "real" learning. Practical Life activities
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Introduction to Practical Life * The purpose of Practical Life is to help the child gain control in the coordination of his movement‚ especially development of the hand`s coordination. “The hands are the instruments of man’s intelligence”. Maria Montessori- The Absorbent Mind. The fine muscles coordination is closed connected with the child`s conceptual development. As Dr. Montessori quoted it: “The human hand allows the mind to reveal itself”. Practical Life activities help the child to gain
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OF PERSONALITY? Dr. Maria Montessori is the founder of the Montessori method of education. She started her first classroom “Casa dei Bambini” or Children’s House in 1907. Montessori method of education stresses the importance of respecting children - “Help me to help myself”. Montessori education celebrates its 100th year in 2007. The goals of a Montessori education were to develop sensory training‚ language acquisition‚ arithmetic‚ physical education‚ practical life skills and abstract thought
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Courtesy "Courtesy is a small act but it packs a mighty wallop" Courtesy means exellence of manners or polite behaviour. It‚ of course springs from good breeding and kindness of heart. A courteous man is pleasant and polite to everybody. He observes good manner on all occations and always respects the feelings of others. "Courtesy should be a continuous action‚ not something to be turned on and off like a faucet." Moral norms and ethical values from the basis of the teachings of all religions
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Question no 1 Discuss the life and works of Dr. Maria Montessori and why is she referred to as a lady much ahead of her time? Answer Life of Dr Maria Montessori: Dr Maria Montessori was the first lady of Italy who was graduated from the University of Rome and become a doctor of pediatrics medicine. She was born on 31st August‚ 1870 belongs to middle class family. Her father‚ Alessandro Montessori was military officer of conservative mind and her mother‚ Renidle Montessori was a liberal lady and
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