Montessori Method Of Teaching - Old Is Gold8: Recent Episodes
MeenaKrishna Swamy
Dr. Maria Montessori introduced the system of her methods all over the world. Her methods give a good impact on the play school teachers.
A Montessori Teacher is not a teacher in the real sense, she is called Directress. A Montessori Teacher has to visualise a child. An ordinary teacher cannot be transferred into a Montessori teacher.
Teachers for the Pre-primary schools should have passed and trained to suit the corresponding class. Parental education on development of health and nutrition should form an integral programme of social education.
Dr. Maria Montessori became the first Italian lady to get the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
Education as the drawing out of the best in child and man's body,mind and spirit. - Mahatma Ghandhiji
Nutrition is the science of food and it can be defined as "food at work in thr body". There are six major nutrients.
Integrated Child Development scheme aims to educate women in order to develop every child into useful members of society.
The observation schedules are one of the means by which the teacher gets to understand the child. This helps the teacher to make any collective measures if any for the child.
A three year olds leaves home and comes to a new environment for the first time when he joins a Nursery school. The teacher should be very friendly and attract the children.
Log book is one of the important record of the school. In India Log book is meant for the remarks to be given by the inspector only.
The primary aim of the Nursery school site is to lay the foundation for the development of healthy and happy children. A school calander is actually the planning done for the school in back and white for whole academic session.
Discipline is the soul of the school. Rules form the basis of discipline. Discipline is the life blood og an educational institution.
Senses are the gateways of knowledge., Montessori method helps the child to build concentration.
Matha ,Pitha, Guru , Daivam ( Mother, Father,Guru and last the God. The teacher regulates the students to take the right path. A planned Time-Table saves time and energy and helps in facilitating work.
Organizing is the setting up of things or preparing a proper environment for effective school administration. Directing is to provide guidelines for smooth functioning of the institution. Controlling applies a brake in an activity.
A school is a replica of the society in a miniature form. A school provides nourishment to our brain.. If you plan for one year plant a grain. If you plan for ten years plant trees, if you plan for 100:years plant men - Chinese Proverb.
Individual below the age of 18 having anti social attitude of behaviour. Deliquency is the persons who deviate the normal rules and regulations of the society.
The word Personality is derived from the Latin word personal, which was the mask. Personality is not a fixed state but a dynamic environment.
Another activity in Memory is Recall. In this the residues of experience are brought back .The last step in memory is Recognition. This may be defenite or indefenite.
Memory is preceded by learning and therefore,memory involves four processes of activities in general that are learning, Retention, Recall, Recognition.
Language plays an important role in the development of imagination.. Stories are the best medium. Simple an d natural media is Plays. Expression of imagination is art.
Beauty has a specific pattern in Artistic imagination. Fantastic imagination has no specific direction.distinction of images is seen in children.the children shouldn't be told stories involving much fearful scenes because those stories create fearful imagination in their minds.
Imagination is mental manipulation.. classification of imagination are Re productive imagination and creative imagination.
Many of the perceptions of the child are illusory and false.- Dumvillee. The child's perceptions are influenced by immediate interest.
The child perception develops after the establishment of sensation perception starts mental process.
Manual skill means proficiency in different type of activities, which require the use of the hand.
An experiment on co-twins indicated the extent of the change in behaviour caused by maturation and the extent to which may be affected by learning.
The activity learning is sometimes concious, sometimes fast and sometimes slow but there hardly an occassion in a person's life when it stops completely.
Interest is that tendency with which we wish to continue an experience absorbingly. Two kinds of interests are Inmate and Acquired interest.
There are 14 emotions attached with 14'instincts. Emotions influence an individual's adjustments. The new born infant has three fundamental emotions -'fear, anger, and love.
Infancy is divided into two or steps of Development. The first lasting from birth to threes years and second stage lasts till the child is six years of age.
Childhood continues still the age of twelve.the stage between infancy and early adolescence is called childhood.
Nurturing your child's creativity is one of the most delightful privileges of parenthood. it is urgently important that your child's creative abilities be firmly established before he starts first grade.
An increased sensitivity to the obvious is one of the goals you and your youngsters will both achieve when you embark on an informal arts appreciation course together
Allow freedom of self expression and minimize deadening criticisms. Consider switching over to arts channels on cable TV and don't neglect your educational channe!.
Book making is an Aesthetic process. The idea of creating collage covers will intrigue the budding author illustrator.
A good way to begin thinking imaginatively is to create alternate images of, or change the words used for.
Becoming aware of three ways to recognise problem that can be solved by invention. - listening to complaints, looking for difficult and injuries caused to persons and things.
The inventing is a fascinating activity. Learning the process of inventing is especially valuable for gifted youngsters because it develops their problems solving abilities and creativity in the broadcast sense.
Guidence gets better results. Baby's first sentences are made up of words and gestures.
The words the baby can say correctly, these words have no value as communication until the baby has learner to connect meanings with them
In spite of their differences, they will need the essentials for learning any skill- readiness to learn, a good model to imitate, a strong desire to learn etc.
Two traits of Baby's emotions make them very effective forms of communication. Babbling is the sounds which the Baby makes. The more babbling sounds babies can make the easier it will be for them to learn to say words.
Gestures communicate in two ways. They may take the place of speech and they may add to speech.
Cries of new born babies are louder and softer at times. If babies cries are answered they cry less and it is easy to manage.
Communication is interchanging of thoughts and ideas , feelings and emotions. Speech is the expression of thoughts, feelings and emotions.
Early Childhood has been called as a "Fairy Tale Step" in religious belief. Children are very much attract to their clothing as it attracts attention.
Personal - social development stage is usually known as "Industry vs Inferiority"stage. In intellectual stage children are mastering three R's at school.
Parents have an important role in fostering positive family relationships among children.
Children from large families typically learn to share and get along with other children earlier and more easily than children from small families.
0lay not only provides recreation and enjoyment for children , it is the primary method by which children explore and learn about their environments.
Play is the child's work. Play is largely physical and much of it involves manipulation of toys and materials.
The role of parenting and child rearing practices is paramount in fostering moral development.
Late in the developmental years of early childhood the Child becomes a truly moral person for the first time.
Socialization is very important in Montessori System of Education. This is marked by movement from self-preoccupation and egocentrism to peer & adult orientation.
Charector Formation as referred in psychological terms can be taken to be Personality or self concept.
One theory that originated long ago and persists despite clear disproof is the Lamarckian hypothesis. Lamark proposed that acquired traits could be inherited..
Heredity can be defined as the genetic transmission of charactorestics from parents to offspring.
There are teo classification of plays..Active play and Passive play.if the children are involved themselves in a play the it is Active Play. Watching and listening to others play is passive play.
Letting out emotions is play. Children learn to control their body through play. Play encouraged creativity. Play is associated with physical movements.
Emotions are the state of mind created . There are pleasant and unpleasant emotions .Immediate distraction removes unpleasant emotions in children.
The very fact of a Non Teacher or Directress has not yet been introduced in any of the schools. Montessori Materials are self corrective. Four year child class room activities are fun. Life is full of transitions.
Founder of Kintergarten system is Friedrich Frobel. In this system the child of three categories:- Looker, Listener, Mover. The modern Nursery system is the mixing of many systems with more of Rhymes, pictures, and play materials.
A Montessori teacher is actually a Directress. A Montessori teacher is to visualize a child, She should be clear about the Didactic materials.
Egrule and Ruleg, Work experience and it's importance, Active and passive learning and so on.
The activity oriented education benefits the child in conceptualizing the basic requisites in a concrete way. Early Childhood Care and Education programme aims to improve the total development of the child. Curriculum can be roughly defined as the activities and subjects provided to the child for a specific age group .micro teaching aims to impart the complex art of teaching into simple components and to teach a particular skill for one session.
The joy of language is evident to all parents. There is always a jubilation over the first word, the funny sentence, the poetic expression of children . In this stage children are fascinated with the relationship among letters that form words, the order of words in a sentence etc. Montessori education permits a child to view the arts as natural parts of the physical world.
Children live in a world of senses. " Sensorial materials by applying directly to the young child's active sensory antennae, make learning a natural result of the child's desire to explore."
All the MOntessori materials are arranged invitingly on low open shelves. These materials themselves invite activity. Eàch material in a Montessori class room isolates one quality. The concept that child is to discover is isolated. The MOntessori practical life materials allow him to do just what the adults do .There is no adult correction in Montessori..
According to Dr. Maria Montessori children under six have extraordinary powers of mind. The MOntessori Pre- school class room is made up of mixed ages. The MOntessori pre-school class room is also a ' prepared environment'.
In Montessori system of Education Parent's role is very important. Education begins with the parents at home at birth. First influential teacher is The Parent."No one knows and cares for your child as well as you do!" She observed.