Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori

Montessori Method

Conclusion

The belief Montessori used in the classroom helps create the natural development throughout the child during each stage of life. Her method focuses on producing children who are academically, emotionally, and spiritually balanced.

Children learn through hands-on activity, that the preschool years are a

time of critical brain development and that parents should be partners in

their children's education

Child's preference for work rather than play and imagination

Children use their imagination for sensory base and they use it in an environment to which the child has accurate images in which they can engage and work.

Montessori created a 'child-centered' approach that emphasizes rich environments, freedom, and respect for the student's point of view.

Montessori method deploys student-selected work, small-group instruction, a lack of exams and grades, and collaboration, often between students of different ages. Montessori stressed the importance of developing social skills alongside academic ones.

Bibliography Part 2

Bibliography part 1

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Her Philosophy for the teacher

Teacher is there to guide students in learning process, children use their natural curiosity to explore what they would like to learn

The teacher provides the materials and stays in the background as much as possible

She wanted students to have spur of the moment interests in learning, where she believes children have the fullest ability to learn.

Freedom of learning environment allows students to be creative, learn naturally and self discipline.

Montessori Classroom

Background

Classroom Today...

Montessori schools beginning...

Schools following Montessori's philosophy were started throughout Europe and India during the early 1900s, but it wasn't until after her death in 1952 that interest grew in the United States. Since then, thousands of private Montessori schools have opened

She used small chairs and tables instead of desks in rows. (which I know some teachers still do rows, but hopefully not all the time)

She developed a series of materials to help children develop skills to help early childhood curriculum

Sensory development, beginning writing and arithmetic skill development

Didactic materials still used today are: stacking materials, geometric templates, sound cylinders, numerical rods, sandpaper letters/numerals

Instructional materials should be designed with purpose in mind to help children learn.

How she started...

Italy's first female physician. Yet she abandoned medicine to embrace education.

She met children with disabilities and became convinced that these children needed more than just medical treatment, but also appropriate teaching practices

Her life

Born: Chiaravalle, Italy on August 31, 1870

Died: May 6, 1952 in Noordwijk, Netherlands