Montessori Teacher Training Work/Play Balance – a Montessori Perspective I recently read an alarming article from Michael Conlon of Reuters‚ entitled‚ U.S. school children need less work‚ more play: study. Conlon contends that there is a growing trend in U.S. public schools of reducing free time "because many school districts responded to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 by reducing time committed to recess‚ the creative arts‚ and even physical education in an effort to focus on reading
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``The greatness of human personality begins at birth`` Maria Montessori‚ The Absorbent Mind. According to Maria Montessori a child’s potential of learning occurs from birth to six years and the absorbent mind is the image she created to describe‚ this intense mental activity. When a child is born‚ he does not possess the characteristics of an adult human being. An infant cannot express himself in articulate language‚ cannot use his hands or do his work; he has no tools other than reflexes
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to renew mankind." The Absorbent Mind‚ Maria Montessori Maria Montessori’s Four Planes of Education was a lecture given by her in 1938 at the Seventh International Montessori Congress. The four planes (or phases) of development is an overall vision of Montessori’s developmental psychology from infancy to adulthood. Her vision of the whole of development provides a holistic view of the developing human being‚ and explains the Montessori idea of the importance of education as a "help to
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to compare and contrast the differences between three different models used in early childhood education. The Montessori Method‚ Reggio Emilia Approach and High scope approach. The Montessori Method is a child centered educational approach developed by Dr. Maria Montessori. It is based on child development from birth to adulthood using scientific observations. (Introduction to Montessori‚ 2013). Likewise the Reggio Emilia Approach concentrates on a child’s natural development. It has the philosophy
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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 such as size‚ shape‚ composition‚ texture‚ loudness or softness‚ matching‚ weight‚ temperature‚ etc. Because the Exercises cover such a wide range of senses‚ Montessori categorized the Exercises into eight different groups: Visual‚ Tactile‚ Baric‚ Thermic‚ Auditory‚ Olfactory‚ Gustatory‚ and Stereognostic_. . Montessori sought to
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Date: 4/5/2012 Instructor: Mrs. Deborah The Normalized Child Normalization is one of the most important goals of Montessori‚ but what does normalization mean? Most importantly‚ when does this process occur? Dr. Maria Montessori used the term normalization to describe a unique process she observed in child development. The process of normalization takes place in any Montessori-group at the beginning of the school year that children enter a new unknown environment. However‚ there are many characteristics
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requirements of Montessori tools: • The control of error: The Montessori tools contain in it a control of error which makes the use his/her reasoning power‚ increase his/her capacity for drawing distinctions and promotes independence. The child’s mind is conditioned to correct his/her errors. Example‚ if a child is trying to button up a shirt and forgets to button one or button in the wrong hole‚ the mistake is reveal at the end by an empty hole. • Aesthetics: All the Montessori tools are made as
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children appear to go through periods of concentrating on specific capacities‚ and their minds seem to operate differently from ours. She referred to the time frames involved in the child’s development of a definitive ability as sensitive period. (Montessori‚ 1996‚ p.25)Each sensitive period is period of a child special sensibility and psychological attitudes. This period is usually intense and prolonged activity which does not lead to fatigue or boredom‚ but instead leads to persistent energy and interest
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Why is Mathematics included in the Montessori curriculum? Maria Montessori strongly believed that a child’s perception is enhanced by exploring his natural ability to classify‚ compare‚ generalize‚ differentiate‚ pattern and analyze leading the child in developing a mathematical logical mind. Dr. Maria Montessori once said‚ “Great creations come
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Kohanek‚ Jessica An Essay of a Montessori Early Childhood Concept The First Plane of Development; Age 3-6 Summer‚ 2013 Maira Montessori spent her later life studying the human being beginning at birth. She has said that a person reaches maturity at age 24 after going through four stages of life. She named this the “Four Stages of Development” or “The constructive rhythm of life.” The first stage of development is a person with the age of 0-6‚ called infancy. The second stage is a 6-12
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