Stimulation and Recognition: Expanding Children’s Sensorial Experience in the Classroom

Montessori has developed a very specific and deliberate methodology to take advantage of the formations of development that exist in children from three to six years old. Until this point, children tirelessly absorb the sights, sounds, and messages of their environment and those around them. At the age of three, a child’s heightened sensitivity to order can be used to guide the fascinating task of learning to organize and decipher existing knowledge. In addition, by adding deliberate movement, you can improve the use of your senses while enhancing your awareness of mathematical principles and patterns that exist in the world around you. 

Lifelong Learning and Experience: Practical Life

The main purpose of Practical Life Education in the Montessori classroom environment is to assist the children to control their body movement, teach them how to focus on their work, and help them to be more independent. Through all of these processes, students can build their own life skills and positive habits for their long journey. 

How Can We Serve Better in the Classroom? The Prepared Environment of Maria Montessori

The reason that children work or study right after they get into the classroom is that they have curiosity. Curiosity and wonder, so evident in the enthusiasm of young children and so much a part of their life, are expressions of the basic human emotion of interest.

Montessori Education I: What Is the Most Important Education Factor for Children?

In the Montessori philosophy of education, the concept of a “prepared environment” is emphasized to encourage these children’s physical and mental independence. “Prepared environment” refers to the overall factors provided so that children can engage in activities to satisfy their desire for exploration and learning on their own.

Growing with Montessori

Written by Yul Kim. I am a very typical Korean, as I spent most of my life in Korea. During my time in Korea, I was not a bad student, … Read More