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Exploring the Essence of Early Childhood Education from The Secret of Childhood

The Secret of Childhood is the work of Maria Montessori. In this book, she vividly describes the development and growth of children. From this book, we can understand the negative influence of adults on children's psychological development, and thus put forward that the process of adult education is the process of fully understanding and liberating children, and adults can really educate children on the premise of respecting and understanding children. The Secret of Childhood has made great contributions to today's preschool education. Children themselves have endless development potential, and the role of teachers is to fully affirm and explore children's potential. A child is a complete individual with an independent personality. Teachers should protect children's independent personality. Only by truly respecting children can we truly shape children.

First, it conforms to the characteristics and laws of children's physical and mental development.

Montessori pointed out that there are two embryonic stages in one's life. The unique embryonic period of human beings is the psychological embryonic period, which begins in the neonatal period. In the neonatal period, children are in a passive and unconscious state of accepting external stimuli, and adults give special care to children during this period. Therefore, the essence of "education" is to promote children's psychological growth, not intellectual development. Montessori believes that children's potential is infinite, and the "potential" held by children is essentially different from the "instinct" of animal existence. When animals are young, we can see what they look like when they grow up: fierce lions, timid sparrows and honest oxen. Children's minds are very different from animal instincts, and children's minds often make you unpredictable. Children get rid of the instinctive control existing in animals and gallop in a larger and wider space. Every child is an independent individual, and they will develop in their own direction. What adults need to do is to create suitable development space for them. In order to realize the development of children's potential, we should create a suitable environment to encourage and assist children's potential to turn into reality, and individuals and their environment promote each other. Only by exploring children's psychological development demands in a scientific way and creating an environment suitable for children's potential development can children's unlimited potential development be realized.

Montessori explains the sensitive period of children's psychological development in this way: there are several specific periods in the process of children's psychological development called sensitive period. In the sensitive period, the child's mind germinated a magical ability, and the child's body and mind developed rapidly and naturally. However, the sensitive period is only temporary, just like the solar term in a year. If you miss it, your child's psychological development will lag behind, which is hard to make up. Children need to learn self-control and explore what to master in this sensitive period. It is children's sensitivity that makes them have a particularly strong desire to explore the outside world. In the sensitive period, children learn new things and are full of desire and enthusiasm for the surrounding environment. Every success a child has experienced has further strengthened his own strength. Only when he has achieved the goal of the sensitive period will he feel tired and dull. Montessori found the sensitive period of children's intelligence, sense of order, walking, rhythm and observation in his observation of children. As early childhood educators, we should take advantage of the sensitive period, conform to the characteristics and laws of children's physical and mental development, and give appropriate guidance to prevent the phenomenon of "delaying the opportunity" and "encouraging the signs" in education.

Second, create an environment suitable for children to grow up.

Montessori indicated that education should be able to ensure children's normal physical and mental development, and adapt to children's development and conduct appropriate training. Education can make children's natural development a reality, thus shaping and cultivating children's natural characteristics. Montessori pointed out that preschool education should follow two ways: "repeated practice" and "free choice". Children's growing environment is a "prepared environment", in which they have achieved free, orderly, beautiful and safe development. Not only teachers and children interact, but also teachers and children should interact with the surrounding environment. A suitable environment can create a suitable education system, and a good environment can promote the normal growth of children's body and mind. From Montessori's education system, we can deeply understand that the environment can play a vital role in education. "A prepared environment" is a child's growth path, and children can fully display their potential in their own growth path. A "prepared environment" provides children with opportunities to get in touch with the real world and can better adapt to the future adult world.

In the process of education, it is very important to maintain a good relationship between teachers and students, and how to properly handle the relationship between teachers and students is the key to achieve a good education. Teachers should not only master certain educational theories, but also influence children with their own words and deeds. Compared with teachers, in the basic stage of education, we should not only teach children knowledge, but also pay attention to their psychological growth. Teachers create a "prepared environment" by understanding the needs of children's physical and mental development. In the process of creating an environment, teachers will become assistants to children's learning and development, giving them full help, guidance and support, so that children can reach a higher level of development on the basis of constantly adapting to their physical and mental development. Montessori's educational philosophy holds that children's physical and mental development can be realized in daily activities. Therefore, the environment provided by teachers for children is a kind of "prepared" environment. Only through full observation and research can children really benefit and realize children's regional activities through the environment created by teachers. In order to ensure children's effective regional activities, while providing a good material environment, we should also create a favorite activity atmosphere for children, so that children can explore in the activity environment created by teachers, and teachers and students can cooperate and interact well, so that children can grow up easily and happily.

Third, guide children with the charm of teachers.

Montessori's research shows that there are often various contradictions between children and adults in the growth stage of children. In fact, this contradiction is mostly caused by adults. Sometimes, adults can't grasp the innate characteristics of children. They impose their wishes on their children regardless of the laws of their physical and mental development. Some adults only pay attention to children's external physical needs and ignore their psychological development. However, only by solving the conflict between children and adults can we promote the normal development of children's body and mind, and adults also need to reflect on their own behavior and make appropriate improvements. Adults need to find out from themselves the improper behavior that children cause physical and mental development to regress. Only when adults correct their educational attitude can they really benefit children's physical and mental health. Parents should not only take care of their children physically, but also pay attention to their mental health at all times. Parents should review their traditional educational concepts, look at their children from a new height, explore their potential abilities, and understand and educate their children with a developmental perspective. As a teacher, we should know children with a brand-new eye and release them from the traditional cage. The relationship between teachers and children presents a new state, which is a relationship of mutual respect, equality and democracy. This relationship stems from the trust in children, which brings a relaxed and harmonious atmosphere to children and allows them to carry out independent activities naturally. Teachers should constantly reflect on the setbacks encountered by children, so as to provide them with appropriate guidance and coordination.

In the process of education, teachers' careful observation and proper analysis of children are essential. Nowadays, kindergartens place too much emphasis on the importance of skills and ignore the psychological development of teachers. Normal schools offer a large number of skills courses such as art, performance, singing and dancing to cope with the recruitment of kindergartens. Kindergartens generally like to recruit people who are lively, cheerful, good at singing and dancing, and beautiful, and overemphasize the skills of preschool teachers, which leads teachers to play the role of performers too much and ignore the more important qualities that preschool teachers should have. In fact, teachers need to have a quiet personality. Only with a modest attitude and rational thinking can they really know, discover and understand children. This is an indispensable condition for a kindergarten teacher. Teachers should also be good at self-study, make full psychological preparations, understand their own shortcomings from the root, and realize that they are not perfect. If you want to be a good teacher, you don't need to completely erase your shortcomings, but you should become a person who constantly improves your heart. We should constantly learn new knowledge and receive guidance, so as to become an excellent teacher.

On the basis of in-depth study and general understanding, The Secret of Childhood puts forward valuable suggestions for children's growth. Children's growth should follow their own natural laws, create a good growth environment for children, let children accumulate their own life experience and maximize their potential. Children develop good habits such as independence, self-confidence and concentration in a harmonious and happy atmosphere, laying a solid foundation for future life. Montessori's educational idea has a far-reaching impact on today's preschool education. As Montessori said, a child should not be suppressed by adults if he wants to grow and develop happily. The role of adults is not to determine the development of children, but to better adapt to the development of children. As a kindergarten teacher, we should bow our heads modestly, truly know and understand our children, and let them truly become an independent and healthy individual.