“The senses are points of contact with the environment." How does activity with sensorial materials encourage observation and perception of the environment? “It is through contact with and exploration of the environment‚ that the intelligence builds up its store of operational ideas without which its abstract functioning lacks both foundation and inspiration". (Montessori‚ The Discovery of the Child‚ pg. 151) _Sensorial Exercises are designed by Montessori to cover every quality that can be
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The sequence of exercises through which the child is introduced to group operations with golden beads. “If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge‚ there is life to be hoped from it in the bettering of man’s future” (Maria Montessori – The discovery of the child) Dr. Montessori recognized that children are born with a particular kind of mind
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Maria Montessori described the sensorial materials as the "key to the universe" Discuss this statement and give examples to support your discussion. "The senses‚ being explorers of the world‚ open the way to knowledge. Our apparatus for educating the senses offers the child a key to guide his explorations of the world‚ they cast a light upon it which makes visible to him more things in greater detail than he could see in the dark‚ or uneducated state."(1. Montessori Maria‚ the Absorbent
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Assignment 3 Movement In this particular assignment I will be discussing movement which Montessori saw as a harmonising factor in a child’s development. I will also be looking at how important a prepared environment facilitates a balance between the mental and physical energies of the child. Montessori believed that movement was a very important factor in a child’s development. Montessori writes that many schools tend to give priority to lessons which involves using your intellect and movement
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Elements of Montessori Education Montessori education is a child centric method of education that caters to the complete development of the child. The three key elements of the Montessori method are - The adult (Directress)‚ Prepared environment & Montessori materials. The adult (Directress) The Montessori directress plays an important role in the development of the child. She needs to offer the child what he needs‚ but unobtrusively & indirectly. She should stimulate the child to work for
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PE Commonly referred to as PE‚ it is a part of the General Education Program that focuses on the total growth and development of the students primarily through movement experiences. Physical Education provides students opportunities to participate in sports‚ games‚ and group activities designed to develop and maintain wellness. Physical Fitness is a combination of medical fitness (body soundness) and dynamic fitness (capacity for action). A physically fit person is free from disease and can move
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pushed onto the mountain slopes. As of now‚ they are almost expelled from the fertile valley floor. The Tboli have a musical heritage consisting of various types of agung ensembles – ensembles composed of large hanging‚ suspended or held‚ bossed/knobbed gongs which act as drone without any accompanying melodic instrument. A T’boli legend tells that the T’boli are descendants of the survivors of a great flood. A man named Dwata warned the people of an impending great flood. But the tribe refused
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says‚ “The boys groped about like blind‚ cautious crabs crouching to protect their midsections‚ their heads pulled in short against their shoulders‚ their arms stretched nervously before them‚ with their fists testing the smoke-filled air like the knobbed feelers of hypersensitive snails.” The author refers crabs to the boys. The boys were afraid to fight each other in the ring. Unfortunately‚ they were blind folded to fight each other or they would get punished. Also‚ they were blind folded so they
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power of concentration in children‚ so that they may grow to become happy‚ independent‚ and fulfilled adults. Maria Montessori’s first discovery at Casa dei Bambini was Mental Concentration; she observed a little girl of three‚ working with knobbed cylinders ‚ this
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The Montessori classroom uses the phonics approach to teach reading. Outline the graded phonics sequence and state the reading skills required at each stage. “Language lies at the root of that transformation of the environment that we call civilization.” (source 3) Language is the ability to understand speech and a desire to convey one’s feelings and thoughts. It is through communication that human beings are able to cooperate with each other to solve common problems. It is through communication
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