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Montessori Approach To Education

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Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was born in Italy in 1870 and she developed the Montessori approach in the early twentieth Century. She believed children six and under had the most absorbent minds and at this time children’s minds were at their most powerful and open. Her approach encourages children to learn about the world through exploring .” Let the children be free; encourage them; let them run outside when it is raining; let them remove their shoes when they find a puddle of water; and when the grass of the meadows is wet with dew, let them run on it and trample it with their bare feet; let them rest peacefully when a tree invites them to sleep beneath its shade; let them shout and laugh when the sun wakes them in the morning.” (Maria …show more content…

The youngsters are allowed to take after their own advantage inside of this arranged environment, instead of being compelled to learn something that is wrong to their formative stage. The outcome is that kids create naturally and are highly motivated. They develop good discipline and master essential abilities, and as a rule sooner than in a more traditional system of education. To achieve these outcomes the instructor is prepared in particular aptitudes, the curriculum is carefully planned wanted to mirror the youngsters ' own way of life and instructive needs, the support materials for the educational modules are particularly Montessori and the results for the kids are …show more content…

Her gospel of affection, admiration and sympathy has been accepted all over the world. In a Montessori playschool there is freedom with responsibility, where a child is allowed the freedom to choose their own work within the boundaries of the curriculum and the expectation of appropriate behavior towards others. Regarding the development of the child, attention is given to academic, social, spiritual and physical growth, with a focus on the development of inner discipline and self-confidence. Montessori has many similarities to the teaching practices today such as Aistear and Siolta.The Síolta framework is intended to provide guidance and support for all those concerned with the well-being, learning and development of children and is concerned with improving the quality of early childhood experiences for all children aged birth to six years. Aistear outlines the content of children’s learning and development using the four themes of Well-being, Identity and Belonging, Communicating, and Exploring and

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