of a full range of emotions from sad to happy to angry‚ and learning to deal with them appropriately. fine motor: is the action involving the small muscles of the hands‚ as in handwriting‚ sewing or knitting. four planes of development: Dr. Montessori saw the human being going through four planes‚ or stages‚ of development with each plane having unique characteristics and opportunities for learning gross motor: Gross motor involves the large muscles of the body‚ as in walking‚ running or swimming
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Discipline and obedience are two words used to imply a strict way of learning. Montessori‚ on the other hand‚ saw these as a natural instinct that came from within. In this essay I intend to show that with the correct conditions the child can become self-disciplined and have the ability to obey without the need of force‚ reward or punishment as Montessori described. The understanding of discipline‚ according to the dictionary‚ is described as ‘the practice of training people to obey rules or a
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The child is believed to hold a secret. After much research‚ this secret is the potentials that a child is naturally born with. The child is known to be a spiritual embryo‚ possessing qualities that are not visible at birth‚ which would help him build himself. These hidden potentials allows the child to reveal himself through the process of development‚ and hence‚ able to self-construct himself through his fullest potentials. There are two aids that assist in attaining a child’s full potentials
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of contact with the environment." How does activity with sensorial materials encourage observation and perception of the environment? “It is through contact with and exploration of the environment‚ that the intelligence builds up its store of operational ideas without which its abstract functioning lacks both foundation and inspiration". (Montessori‚ The Discovery of the Child‚ pg. 151) _Sensorial Exercises are designed by Montessori to cover every quality that can be perceived by the senses
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Developing the Mathematical Mind in the Montessori Environment The highest form of pure thought is in mathematics. ~Plato Maria Montessori believed that human intelligence is no longer based on natural intelligence but on mathematical intelligence. Humans have moved beyond the innate survival instincts of early humans and moved toward an analytical awareness of the world. Math is more than math facts and computations. It deals with shape‚ space‚ patterns‚ symbols and the relationships found therein
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Maria Lundie Mathematics Rationale Dr. Montessori recognized that children are born with a particular kind of mind. A mind that is naturally inclined towards order. This ‘special’ mind is what gives humans the ability to make judgments and to calculate. Dr. Montessori called this ‘the mathematical mind’. Dr. Montessori felt that‚ if we are to support development‚ then we must offer mathematics at an early age since this is the kind of support that is appropriate for the kind of mind that we have
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Montessori way of teaching mathematic is truly a wonderful and interesting way to learn the concepts of mathematics. Mathematic is very important for our daily life. Mathematic relates to numbers and numbers are around us all the time‚ so it is very important to introduce numbers to the child at very early age‚ but before you introduce numbers it is important to lay a strong foundation of practical life activities and sensorial training to the child. Practical life activities allows the child to
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complicated‚ not only allows the mind to reveal itself but it enables the whole being to enter into special relationships with its environment. We might even say that man “takes possession of his environment with his hands”. (Montessori M‚ The Secret of Childhood‚ 1972‚ p 81) Maria Montessori stated that our hands are what put us as humans above the rest of the animal species. This is because humans are the only species to use their hands separately to their legs‚ and humans use their hands to create and
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question is "discuss how montessori cultural subjects extend the child’s knowledge and understanding of the world. " i just finished my essay.. please tell me whether it make sense... i will love to have anyone of u to help editing it... as my english essay writing skill is terrible.. here is my essay : Maria Montessori called her plan for the young child the “Cosmic Curriculum”. Cosmic in this context means comprehensive‚ holistic and purposeful. Cultural Activities in a Montessori environment are used
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At birth‚ the human being’s physical development is (more or less) complete However‚ Dr Montessori said that the new born child is psychologically still in an embryonic state – his inner development is incomplete. For this reason‚ she said that the human being is a ‘spiritual embryo’ when he is born. After birth‚ the child’s task is to create him/herself. The child does this through his interactions with his environment‚ and therefore‚ we must provide the child with an environment which
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