What is Montessori?
What Is Montessori?
Montessori is an education philosophy and practice that fosters rigorous, self-motivated growth for children in all areas of their development, with a goal of nurturing each child’s natural desire for knowledge, understanding, and respect.
Montessori Education is a method of instruction developed by Dr. Maria Montessori in 1897. Dr. Montessori was the first female physician in Italy and dedicated her life to discovering how children learn. She took a scientific approach to educating children -she observed, created, tested and revised based on her observations. Today, over a century later, psychological research is showing Dr. Montessori was way ahead of her time.
The Montessori Method
Capable
A Montessori classroom is thoughtfully designed to offer children opportunities to develop their own capabilities.
Sense of Self
In Montessori class is students stay with the class, and teacher, for the entire cycle, forging a stable community and meaningful bonds.
Accountable
In a child-centered classroom where learning activities are presented individually to children, students progress at their own pace.
Knowledgeable
The Montessori Method nurtures order, coordination, concentration, and independence in children from the moment they enter the classroom.
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Resources & Information On Montessori Education
- Another Example of Less Teaching Leading to More Learning | Psychology Today
- Neuroscience and Montessori Education: A Deep Dive into Early Brain Development with Dayami Rodriguez at the Royal Palm Montessori Academy – DownBeach
- Time for new thinking about sensitive periods – PMC (nih.gov)
- Visual Environment, Attention Allocation, and Learning in Young Children: When Too Much of a Good Thing May Be Bad – Anna V. Fisher, Karrie E. Godwin, Howard Seltman, 2014 (sagepub.com)
- Why We Should Stop Segregating Children by Age: Part I | Psychology Today
- Another Example of Less Teaching Leading to More Learning | Psychology Today
- Move Your Body, Grow Your Brain | Edutopia
- brainrules.net/exercise/
- What the Evidence Says About Montessori Education | Psychology Today
