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    This document provides an overview of Montessori education. It discusses key aspects of the Montessori method including the prepared environment, focus on developing the whole child, and emphasis on hands-on learning through real world materials. It summarizes the origins of Montessori education with Dr. Maria Montessori and her observations of how children learn best. The document outlines different areas of the Montessori classroom including practical life, language, math, science, and sensorial. It provides examples of activities and materials used within each area to stimulate learning in a self-directed manner.

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    WELCOME TO MONTESSORI

    MRS. COLLINS
    MRS. ROUSEY
    MS. TEAL

    What is Montessori?
    The Montessori classroom is carefully prepared from the
    arrangement to the layout of the materials. The classroom is
    designed for open movement to support exploration and
    interaction. All materials teach specific concepts /skills through
    hands-on experience with real-world application and relevance.
    The Montessori method aims for the fullest possible development
    of the whole child. Dr. Montessori described the young childs mind
    as the absorbent mind. During this stage the child has a
    tremendous ability to learn and assimilate from the world around
    him. A Montessori teacher recognizes and takes advantage of these
    highly perceptive stages through the introduction of materials and
    activities specially designed to stimulate the intellect. A
    spontaneous love of work is revealed as the child is given the
    freedom (within boundaries) to make her own choices.

    What is Montessori
    The Montessori teachers purpose is to stimulate
    the childs enthusiasm for learning and to guide
    it, without interfering with the childs natural
    desire to teach himself and become independent.
    Everything in the classroom has a specific use or
    purpose. A quality classroom has a busy,
    productive atmosphere where joy and respect
    abound. Within this rich environment , freedom,
    responsibility, and social and intellectual
    development spontaneously flourish.

    Who was Maria Montessori?


    The philosophy of Montessori education began with Dr.
    Maria Montessori (1870-1952). Dr. Montessori began her
    career as the first female doctor in Italy. She began working
    with children in the psychiatric wards of Rome in the late
    1800s. Through her experiences there she formulated her
    observations of the importance of training the hand to
    develop the mind through sensory materials. As a result of
    her observations and work, those children made
    tremendous progress and were able to participate in the
    state education exams. Through many years of working
    with children from many cultures and countries and diverse
    circumstances throughout the world, Montessori
    developed what she termed her method of education.

    Maria Montessori

    Montessori
    Montessori believed that during the first few years
    children acquire the greatest percentage of their
    knowledge. This learning comes through the five
    senses which must be developed to their fullest. She
    believed children had a spontaneous interest in
    learning. She described sensitive periods in which
    new cognitive learning is acquired and integrated into
    the old.
    The most valid impulse to learning is the selfmotivation of the child. The prepared environment is
    structured so as to attract children and hold their
    interest. The activities and materials are selfcorrective, sensorial, concrete and aesthetic.

    Montessori
    The classroom is organized in such a manner
    that children move from the simple to the
    complex. Each beginning activity relates to
    another, yet more sophisticated. Children are
    able to progress, following their own
    timetable, through many levels of complexity.

    Levels of Complexity
    Gross Motor Skill (tongs)

    Fine Motor Skill (tweezers)

    Areas of the Classroom

    Sensorial
    Practical Life
    Language
    Math
    Science
    Social Studies

    Practical Life
    Because practical life lessons help the child to
    understand the function of his immediate
    environment, it is considered the threshold of the
    Montessori program.
    Practical life activities enable the child to acquire
    independence and to coordinate his movements.
    The exercises aid the growth and development of
    the childs intellect and concentration and help
    develop an orderly way of thinking.

    Practical Life
    The practical life area teaches life skills. It is
    important that all materials be familiar, real,
    breakable, and functional. The objects used in
    practical life are child-sized objects that
    resemble the ones used in his own home
    environment.

    Practical Life in the Primary


    Montessori Classroom
    Preliminary activities- carrying a tray, pouring,
    spooning, tonging, scooping, transfering

    Practical Life in the Primary


    Montessori Classroom
    Care of the environment- cleaning, sweeping,
    dusting, polishing, care of plants and animals

    Practical Life in the Primary


    Montessori Classroom
    Care of self- dressing, food preparation (selfserve snack), hand washing

    Practical Life in the Primary


    Montessori Classroom
    Grace and courtesy- table manners, greeting
    others, saying please and thank you, learning
    to control ones own body, conflict resolution

    Practical Life at Home

    Sorting/folding laundry
    Setting the table
    Caring for plants and pets
    Sorting recycling
    Bed making
    Sweeping/vacuuming/mopping
    Grooming/Dressing
    Cooking/baking
    Greeting visitors/answering the phone
    Table manners

    Practical Life in the Elementary


    Montessori Classroom

    Sewing
    Flower pressing
    Gardening
    Composting
    Grace and courtesy

    Why is Practical Life important for


    older children?
    Allows the children to process more
    challenging content.
    Always incorporates science, math, reading,
    and writing.
    Helps to develop a higher level of
    concentration
    Improves fine motor skills
    Evokes a sense of respect for others and the
    environment.

    Language

    To talk is in the nature of man. (Montessori)


    The language environment at home is extremely important and leads to
    the childs reading success in the classroom.
    Language is a system of symbols with an agreed upon meaning that is
    used by a group of people. Language is a means of communication of
    ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized sounds and signs. It can
    be written and spoken language. Humans need language to communicate.
    The first communication was through pictures/drawings.
    Children need to be immersed in rich language. Because language is an
    intrical involvement in the process of thinking, children need to be spoken
    to and listened to often.
    The prepared environment is so very important. Through the
    environment , they learn each important step in language. They learn
    communication and expression, organization and classification, and the
    development of thought.
    Language is meaningful through experience.

    Math
    Mathematics materials introduce the child to a
    new phase of development. Simple but
    extremely effective, it provides the child with a
    sensorial experience of the abstract concepts for
    understanding numerical values. The very first
    Montessori math materials are in the sensorial
    area. These materials are based on 10. This is a
    brilliant way to introduce the idea of quantity.
    Children move from the concrete to the abstract.
    (insert image)

    Cultural/Geography
    Through the exploration of the different sensorial
    materials, in Geography the child is able to integrate the
    physical characteristics of the world, to understand the
    human affairs, past and present, and to become aware of
    mans dependency and responsibility towards everything in
    the environment so that everything may exist in harmony.
    Cultural introduces children to the structured compositions
    of the physical world and enables them to explore and
    learn about the existence of diverse cultures and their
    responsibilities towards their habitats.
    The land and water form sets help the child visualize and
    understand the various land formations in an abstract form.
    (insert image)

    Science
    Botany materials provide the child with
    information that would interest him in the
    beauty and dcor provided by nature. It
    serves to help him acquire knowledge and
    stimulate his appreciation of the natural world
    around him.
    (insert image)

    Sensorial
    Sensorial materials lay the foundation for the learning
    of important concepts, and allows the child to work
    independently in a prepared environment in which he
    is able to respond to his natural tendency to work. The
    child studies his environment through his senses. The
    child is a sensorial explorer.
    Through the childs work with sensorial material, the
    child is helped to make abstractions, distinctions in his
    environment, and the child gains knowledge through
    his own experiences.
    (insert image)

    Promoting Readiness at Home


    Parents must help their children be ready for school!
    Read to them about things they are interested in. Help
    them make something that goes along with the story.
    Play games that follow directions.
    Help them to assume more responsibility. Example: setting
    the table for dinner.
    Help them dictate stories or keep a journal in invented
    spelling.
    Make sure they have all the materials they need for school!
    A childs initial experiences in school shape cooperation in
    society and responsibility and productivity!

    Needs of Lower Elementary Children


    His main interest is in the How and Why. He is aware
    of the problem of cause and effect.
    He needs practical experiences.
    He is moving into the world of the abstract.
    The teacher must say only what is necessary and
    sufficient. The teacher is teaching him to go out
    into the world. Learning this consists of an activity that
    requires the acquisition of information and materials.
    Then comes the series of practical exercises. Then he
    will gain experience.
    His knowledge and social experience must be acquired
    at the same time.

    Montessori Children
    Montessori children learn:
    that each life has value and purpose.
    their ideas have merit and that their decisions are
    important.
    that people make mistakes but we can learn from
    them.
    we need to take responsibility for our actions.
    Children learn how to live in a community and how to resolve conflicts peacefully. They learn to lead and to be
    a part of the team. They learn to bring abstract ideas
    to life. They see the real connections between things.

    Quotes from Dr. Montessori


    It is the environment which helps to make the children continuously
    betterthe teachercan remain a quiet spectator of all the little mistakes
    that occur around her.
    Educationis acquired not by listening to words but by experiences upon
    the environment.
    Since children are so eager to learn and so burning with love, an adult
    should carefully weigh all the words he speaks before him.
    As the child repeats the exercise of fitting the knobbed cylinders into
    their proper places, his ability to observe and make distinction is
    sharpened, and his reasoning power is stimulated through noticing and
    correcting errors.
    The science of peace, were it to become a special discipline, would be
    the most noble of all, for the very life humanity depends on it. So, also
    perhaps, does the question of whether our entire civilization evolves or
    disappears.
    (insert image)

    Grace and Courtesy

    The lower elementary classroom is full of teachable moments in


    grace and courtesy that will help in situations throughout life.
    Everything is connected and interdependent upon one another.
    Through modeling and practice, children will learn to live and work
    together in peace and harmony. Students are shown what it means
    to cooperate, be a friend, and solve problems. Grace and courtesy
    lessons provide a foundation and set a tone for mutual respect and
    kindness.
    The ideas of justice and fairness are fundamental concerns of the
    elementary child. The culture of the classroom is built on caring,
    consideration and respect. We must create a diverse cultural,
    racial, and linguistic environment. Children learn that all people
    have basic needs that must be met. Cultural differences are
    celebrated.
    (insert image)

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