Montessori based vision‚ mission statement and philosophy ECE Program Information Suzanne Helt ECE 312 Instructor Garrett Corduan August 20‚ 2012 ECE Program Information The children of today are the adults of tomorrow. It is only right that we give them the best start that we can. In order for them to get the best start‚ we have to take a look at their needs and formulate a way to give each of them a strong foundation. We do this by creating
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Over the past ten to fifteen years the early years sector has been at the forefront of government agenda and there have been huge changes in response to social and economic developments. Montessori school A Montessori education is an approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori and
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resourced and stimulating classroom effectively when carrying out the task. As a Montessori directress‚ dedicate in my efforts to support the well being and development of all children are essential. In the Montessori environments directress always well prepare to maintain child’s dignity‚ teachers are non judgmental and speak on their level physically and cognitively. I was told to remember about this proverb by my Montessori lecturer‚ “Tell me and I forget‚ Teach me and I remember‚ Involve me and I learn”
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Children are naturally interested in activities they have witnessed. Therefore‚ Dr. Montessori began using what she called “Practical Life Exercises” to allow the child to do activities of daily life and therefore adapt and orientate himself in his society. It is therefore the Directress’s task to demonstrate the correct way of doing these Exercises in a way that allows the child to fully observe the movements. Montessori says‚ “If talking don’t move‚ if moving don’t talk”. The directress must also
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create a human being‚ but it does give them scope‚ material‚ direction‚ and purpose. Both philosophers believe that it is the teacher’s task to nurture‚ assist‚ watch‚ encourage‚ guide‚ and induce‚ rather than to interfere‚ prescribe‚ or restrict. Montessori children spend most of their time working with materials under the individual guidance‚ while kindergarten children are usually engaged in group work or games with an imaginative background. Both agree on needing to train the senses‚ but Montessori’s
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child derive from Practical life exercises? 1.“Practical Life Activities are an aid to life.” Explain. Practical Life Activities are exercises through which a child learns how to do everyday life activities in a purposeful way. In the Montessori setting children are encouraged to do Practical life exercises as part of the curriculum. These are common regular activities that human beings carry out in the course of a day. The duty of an adult‚ the parent is to help the child learn about
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Prepared Environment Montessori classrooms provide a prepared environment where children are free to respond to their natural tendency to work. The prepared environment offers the essential elements for optimal development. The key components comprise the children‚ teacher and physical surroundings including the specifically designed Montessori educational material. “When we turn to man‚ we see that rather than adapting to the environment‚ he creates an environment to suit himself. Man lives
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workplace. How does Montessori educate the creative potential of the child? Montessori was herself criticized in which she says “so called free drawing has no place in my system”. The Montessori approach is more complex. It can be described as an indirect preparation. She said to confer the gift of drawing we must create an eye that sees‚ a hand that obeys and a soul that feels; and in this task the whole life must cooperate. In the book Discovery of the Child Pg 285 Montessori said “we do not teach
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Dr Montessori emphasizes the importance of the development of imagination. How do cultural activities in a Montessori prepared environment aid in the development…. The ability to imagine is a unique human experience and deserves to be nurtured and encouraged. Dr. Maria Montessori believed that the development of the child’s imagination and creativity are inborn powers within the child that develops as his mental capacities are established through his interaction with the environment. The cultural
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Sensorial Education The aim of Sensorial education is to develop a child’s intelligence by building on his experiences and thought processes‚ to connect the child and his environment through the isolation of his senses. Maria Montessori believed that we begin sensorial experiences from the womb and continue to develop them through childhood. The senses cannot be developed overnight‚ it is only though regular training of the senses that the child’s senses will start to develop and become refined.
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