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Montessori Education is based on the principles developed by Maria Montessori, who opened her first school for children of low-income workers in an apartment building in Rome in 1907. The school was called “Casa Dei Bambini”, Home for Children.
This first “Casa” was furnished with a teacher’s table, a stove, a blackboard, some chairs, group tables for the children and a cabinet filled with materials that Montessori developed in her earlier career when she researched how to teach kids who experience some form of mental disability.
Maria Montessori created the materials after she realized that students seem to understand complex concepts better when they engaged all their senses.
Activities at this first school included personal care (such as dressing and undressing), care of the environment like sweeping, dusting and gardening. Otherwise, they were free to move around and play with the materials. Montessori did not teach herself but instead oversaw the classroom work of her teachers.
Montessori observed that children showed episodes of deep concentration and multiple repetitions of the same activity. Given free choice, kids showed more interest in practical activities and the materials than normal toys, sweets or other rewards. Over time spontaneous self-discipline emerged.
Montessori concluded that working independently children seemed to reach new levels of autonomy and become self-motivated learners. She began to see the role of the teacher as a facilitator of young human beings who are free to move and act within the limits of a prepared environment. The goal: to grow children to become independent and responsible adults who share a love for learning.
Soon after Montessori herself and her ideas started traveling the world to inspired progressive thinkers and educators from all over. The inventors, Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison, became early advocates. Later alumni include Jimmy Wales from Wikipedia, author Gabriel Garcia Marquez as well as the two Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
Today the term “Montessori” stands more for a method, than a school itself. The fact that it can be used freely by anyone led to a great variation of schools. Educators all over the world borrow Montessori’s name, insights, and materials to organize kindergartens, elementary schools, special needs programs, or even full 12-year curriculums. Some parents use it for homeschooling.
The following characteristics are shared among most programs:
– Students are free to choose what to learn
– Open classrooms that allow free movement
– Use of specialized Montessori materials
– Mixed-age classes (from 0-3, 3-6 or 6-12) so children can learn from each other
– Uninterrupted blocks of study time, usually three hours
– No grading or homework
– and a trained teacher
Maria Montessori once famously said: “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.”What are your thoughts on Montessori? Please share your opinions in the comments below!
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Simple and effective, the Montessori method empowers individuals to divd deeper to their curiosity and passions, I love it!! Thank you guys for the video ❤
Being that most of my life I've been very low income, this appeals to me a lot. I have an interview today for working in one of these schools and have worked in public schools over the years. I can't wait to see the difference in how the children learn and thrive at a Montessori School
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I saw the school near me. Her photos in every one like Kim jong um. Fk that. She sucks.
I don't know, my kids learned most of what they needed to know about how to learn before the even hit preschool. I think they did okay all things considered. But you can delete my comment because he wouldn't want anything negative on your page
I attended a Montessori preschool from 2003-2005. I will ALWAYS look back lovingly on my school, my classmates, and my teachers at my Montessori school. What a priceless learning experience it was for me! I can say without a doubt that I have remained an independent learner throughout my life and have also continued to hold a respect and regard for the environment and people around me. And now that I’m 24 and gearing up for marriage and children in the next few years, I’d like to continue the Montessori tradition for my family.
Kids getting dressed and in dressed? Is that still going on in to days schools?
I am a montssori school student
I love Montessori! I am still just a teenager but I work at a Montessori school with 3-6 year olds. I have a few major learning disabilities and often call myself “stupid” but when I go to work my boss tells me that the kids can teach me! And have taught her a lot! Thank you for making this video! My goal is to just keep learning! The learning never stops!
The best school method.
My wife went to Montessori school. It shows. She is not a well adjusted adult and very independent to a fault.
I went to a Montessori preschool and was very impressed. I also studied early childhood development independently and as part of the formal Swedish educational system. Creating an orderly but gentle environment and letting children gravitate toward the activities and curriculum that fits their developing personalities is an excellent way to educate. After all, the intelligence and maturity of children is greatly underestimated; They are little citizens who need to be protected and taught, yes, but who also should be heard and considered and allowed reasonable liberty to pursue their interests for their future career and lives.
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I hate montessori programs. I taught kids from a Montessori program. Me and my fellow coworkers hated teaching them. They were allowed to do whatever they wanted and you we're not allowed to scold them. It's like wrangling cats.
I've met people who've gone through Montessori. One person when asked about being in a Montessori program and told me that she didn't do anything except hang out with animals. It's just a way to get rich parents to pay absorbance amount of money and not actually have to do anything for their kids.
Montessori programs overall just don't work because no kid wants to study math or really do anything of learning, so you end up being stunted.
Thanks, this is really informative.
My parents are sending me to a Montessori senior high this year and this video helped me understand the concept more.
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As a Dad you like to show or explain things, but my kids mostly like to listen when I read their book or tell a free mind story, when my oldest daughter joined elementary school we changed the role: she read me from her book, a great idea. My children didn't want help for homework when I offered it. The son discovered how to program Lego Mindstorms Robot completely on his via our notebook PC and later took it to his elementary school class for teaching his friends. My 3 children visited Montessori Kinderhaus (Kindergarten), M. Elementary School, 2 girls also M. Gesamtschule (Abitur ~ High school?). I visited 1970-1980 a regularly school with typical frontal instruction teaching style.
My 16 year old went to Montessori school as a child and she’s brilliant now. I’m a believer in the system for sure.
Did she say it was for low income?
Here in London they charge £30000 per year for toddlers 🤣
So I’m studying to be a kindergarten teacher( pedagog) and I have a PowerPoint to write about the different teaching methods between Montessori and reggio emilia. I still think both are similar in a way. But feel free to help me out
Can you help me with Montessori paper style of English and maths for playgroup kids
Home girl in the last frame lookin like she about to teach Luke how to levitate the x-wing
I went to a Montessori preschool. It was great. There were a ton of activities on Trays, some were reading, some were math, some you could only do at free time. There was always a huge line for color mixing tray where you had eyedroppers and the primary colors and you could mix them
The school near me is 1,500 a month
Absolutely right. Her method are working amazingly
Great capture and explanation of the history and montessori method
Though I myself didn't experience montessori school in my entire school life, I believe that this is the best school for my future kids from their pre-school to 12th grade
My muslim friends sister said to learn this subject along with her. But the class was in the evening n they wanted a life-sketch about us. I wrote the life-sketch n was ready but dropped the idea of joining it because it was an evening course n i also had a commerce degree 😊😇😍🤣. But i was surprised that there was Montessori course for us to learn.
I work in education, worked with all grade levels, and I have worked as a behavior tech. F the Montessori way of teaching. My behavior analyst doesn't set boundaries, uses token boards. This is NOT how you prepare a child for real life situations. This is what's crippling students today, coddling them, holding their hand too much. Quit giving students so many opportunities to take over the classroom. Have some reasonable discipline. Disgusting.
Montessori it's the great way of letting whoever God made you to be , exist to it's potential, for in Montessori everybody is able 💕
Maria never said "play with materials", she said "work with the materials"!
Letting children learn at their own pace is of great importance! As a English Teacher in a Montessori classroom the dynamics are of great use. They learn so fast and we act as helpers more than peers. ☺️
Very beautiful and informative
With no grading etc how is the student prepared for entry into university etc.
This sounds awesome, we need more of them!
I am proud to say that now I am a Diploma student of Montessori Teacher Training Course🥰💞
Unfoldment theory? It must teach origami, yet probably not… Indefensible rubbish… END
The theory passed on is wonderful and when I think about it, i feel this is how children should learn. Happy, by choice, and free.
It is a shame that to days children are being told what to believe instead of letting them know the fundamentals of life. Perversion of the learning process has led to pure immorality.
And Godless disasters.
Teaching your children in the way he should go is a forgotten way of instruction. Shalowm Gods morals are Not being taught to children.
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