Dear Alice,
It's almost impossible for me to sum it up in a few words, but I will give it a try with some help of the information on the internet.
The Montessori method is both a methodology and educational philosophy. It was originally developed in the early 1900s by Dr. Maria Montessori as a way to educate poor children in her native Italy.
Montessori approach is quite different from traditional appraoches. For example, lot of parents prepare tons of things to teach their children (which in turns imposed them on the kids, even it's out of the best intention). But rather than choosing for the babies, why don't parents encourage and motivate the children to learn on thier own. Children are curious by birth. It's most effectiv ethis way too. They are interested and eager to learn tons of things to survive. They will enjoy best what intetest them most. Our goal is: Help them to be on their own.
Also, Dr. Montessori believes that personalites is molded ataround the age of 3. If we give a child lots of confidence and a safe environemnt that encourages him to learn and explore, he will grow up to be confident and in love of learning. Isn't it ture that our past experiences make us who we are today?
Dr. Montessori also believes that human beings have "window period". So for example,child bearing ability or lactating ability only occur at certain period in life. After that we lose those abilities. During the window period, children are most receptive to that stimulant. For example, window period for language skill is at around age 3. After the age of 5, whatever langauges that the child learns will onger "mother tongue", and learning languages won't be as effortless as before. They will have accents.
They should be able to make their own decision within a have "window periods". There are stages when thier minds are most receptive to certains things. Once they passed that stage, they lose the ability of learning that skills.
These are only a glimsp of her works. For more info, I highly recommend that you check out some books to read about her.
It's almost impossible for me to sum it up in a few words, but I will give it a try with some help of the information on the internet.
The Montessori method is both a methodology and educational philosophy. It was originally developed in the early 1900s by Dr. Maria Montessori as a way to educate poor children in her native Italy.
Montessori approach is quite different from traditional appraoches. For example, lot of parents prepare tons of things to teach their children (which in turns imposed them on the kids, even it's out of the best intention). But rather than choosing for the babies, why don't parents encourage and motivate the children to learn on thier own. Children are curious by birth. It's most effectiv ethis way too. They are interested and eager to learn tons of things to survive. They will enjoy best what intetest them most. Our goal is: Help them to be on their own.
Also, Dr. Montessori believes that personalites is molded ataround the age of 3. If we give a child lots of confidence and a safe environemnt that encourages him to learn and explore, he will grow up to be confident and in love of learning. Isn't it ture that our past experiences make us who we are today?
Dr. Montessori also believes that human beings have "window period". So for example,child bearing ability or lactating ability only occur at certain period in life. After that we lose those abilities. During the window period, children are most receptive to that stimulant. For example, window period for language skill is at around age 3. After the age of 5, whatever langauges that the child learns will onger "mother tongue", and learning languages won't be as effortless as before. They will have accents.
They should be able to make their own decision within a have "window periods". There are stages when thier minds are most receptive to certains things. Once they passed that stage, they lose the ability of learning that skills.
These are only a glimsp of her works. For more info, I highly recommend that you check out some books to read about her.
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