What is Montessori Teaching

Montessori teaching. It allows children to move from learning based on mechanical memorization to learning based on active construction. Why Montessori math is in learning to play, play to learn? It is to allow children to feel the quantitative relationship of things from the game, to obtain the number, shape, quantity and space and other perceptual experience. In participating in math activities and math games, children experience the importance and fun of math. Montessori teaching emphasizes on the education of children's mind. Mindfulness is the development of the mind and the intellect together. Children learning mathematics can not only focus on the learning of mathematical knowledge, can not focus on the pursuit of learning results and ignore the role of the learning process on the development of children's thinking skills. Because the key to the development of thinking ability lies in the process, only to unfold the process of development of the child's thinking in favor of the child, in order to give the child a real space for development. Montessori teaching aids is to play a role in promoting the development of children's thinking. Let the child from mechanical memory-based learning to active construction-based learning, from symbol-based learning to actual meaning-based learning. What is the sensitive period? How does a child accomplish this "seemingly impossible task" from the time he or she croaks to the time he or she walks, talks, eats, and writes ......, all starting from nothing? How does a child accomplish this "seemingly impossible task" of adapting to this complex world? That's because of the unique power that nature gives to developing and growing beings. According to Montessori, there are two main dynamics that fuel the development of the young child: sensitivity and the absorptive mind. Sensitivity refers to the fact that a "human being" or other sentient organisms, in the process of life development, will have a particularly sharp sensibility to certain stimuli in the external environment, so as to affect the operation of their minds or physiological responses, resulting in special preferences or feelings, and the strength of this power is referred to as "sensitivity". When sensitivity arises, there will be an unstoppable force within the child that drives the child to try or learn about the particular thing he is interested in, until the inner needs are met or the sensitivity is weakened, and then the force will die out. Montessori called this period the "sensitive period," and some educators refer to it as the critical period for learning or for education. Montessori described "the child experiencing the sensitive period as a child whose helpless body is being directed by a divine command and whose little mind is inspired". Sensitive periods are not only a critical period for young children's learning. It also affects the development of the mind and personality. Therefore, adults should respect the behaviors and actions given to children by nature and provide the necessary help. So as not to miss out on the special vitality that comes only once in a lifetime.

Order-sensitive period: 1 year to 4 years old Movement-sensitive period: 1 year to 2 years old Hand-sensitive period: 1 year to 10 years old Language-sensitive period: (spoken 0 to 3 years old), (text after 4 years old) Detail-sensitive period: 1.5 years old to 6 years old Norms of life and etiquette-sensitive period: 2.5 years old to 5 years old Musical sensitivity: 4 years old after the age of Mathematical sensitivity: 3 years old to 10 years old Sensitive education focus on respect for children Children are natural learners with abilities, and they will follow the natural laws of growth to grow into "more capable" individuals, which is the first concept that parents should change. 1. Observe the emergence of sensitive periods carefully. Therefore, adults must be objective and careful in observing their children's inner needs and individual characteristics.2. Lay out a rich learning environment When an adult observes the emergence of one of the child's sensitive periods, he or she should try to prepare an environment that meets the child's developmental needs.3. Encourage the child to explore freely After the child has gained respect and trust, he or she will be free to explore and try things out in the environment.4. Assist in a timely manner without interfering When the child is passionate about something that interests him or her, the adult "The first thing you need to do is to let your child do it on their own," he said, avoiding intervention, but not leaving the child completely alone, but assisting with guidance at the right time.

Montessori teaching includes Montessori language development, Montessori art education (art and music), Montessori sensory education, Montessori science and culture education, Montessori daily life education, and Montessori math education. (At the same time, math education is also a classic of Montessori education.) She is also known as the "mother of child education". Montessori believed that children should learn and develop with their hands, and only with their hands can they gain rich learning experience. Because learning math is brought into the concrete abstraction by the concrete image, all abstraction comes from the concrete process.

1, child-centered. Children are viewed as individuals distinct from adults and opposed to the adult-oriented view of teaching,

2, "education without teaching". Montessori opposed the teacher-centered duck teaching, and advocated the training of daily life, with a good learning environment and rich educational content, so that children can take the initiative to learn and build a perfect personality.

3. Grasp the child's sensitive period. 0-6 year old children will have specific preferences at specific times. If you learn by following the sensitive periods, you can maximize the learning effect of this characteristic.

4, teachers play the role of mentor. Generally referred to as the Montessori teacher as a mentor. He must have a deep knowledge and understanding of the child's world of the mind, for the child's developmental status, in order to provide the child with timely and appropriate assistance and guidance.

5. Complete personality development. The ultimate goal of Montessori education is to help normalize the child. Through the design of the environment, the operation of teaching aids, so that children step by step to build a perfect personality.

6. Respect for the child's developmental pace. Montessori education requires teachers according to the process of child development, children with different characteristics of the teaching of different materials, do not engage in one-size-fits-all type of education.

7, mixed-age education. Keeping children of different ages together allows younger children to have different age groups to imitate, while older children can enhance their knowledge and abilities from helping younger children.

8. Rich teaching materials and aids. Montessori teaching aids are very rich, but these aids are not tools used by the teacher to teach, but materials for the child to work with. Through this work, the child constructs a perfect personality through repeated self-exercises.

9. A single system of rewards and punishments is eliminated. Montessori teaching respects the child and fosters the child's budding sense of dignity.

10. Explosive teaching results. Montessori education respect for the child's inner needs, so that the child at the right time, appropriate growth, short-term results are not easy to notice, but will be at a certain time in the form of an outbreak, showing the child's inner level of mental development.

The five major components of Montessori education

Daily life education: including basic movement training, taking care of oneself, taking care of the environment, taking care of others, and social behavior. To develop children's independence, autonomy, concentration, hand-eye coordination and self-confidence.

Sensory education: to develop children's observation, classification and attention through the training of sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch.

Mathematics education: to develop children's initial concept of quantity, logical thinking ability, comprehension and judgment.

Language Education: to develop children's listening, speaking, recognizing, reading and writing skills through auditory, oral, visual, phonological, textual and reading exercises.

Science and culture education: including nature, geography, history, science, music and art. Through learning about national culture, we cultivate children's love of science and national pride, and stimulate children's curiosity and desire for knowledge. Through her observations and discoveries in the Children's House, Montessori put forward the concept of child-centered education. She said, "In exploring the world of the child's mind, adults must not use their own perspective or be self-centered. If adults are self-centered in observing all factors related to the child's mind, they will only increase their misunderstanding of the child."

Montessori emphasized that children are very different and separate individuals from adults. Adults must see the child anew and discover the value of the child's existence, rather than arbitrarily imposing their sense of self on the child and erasing the child's sense of personhood.

Montessori, in the spirit of scientific observation and verification, discovered the natural law of children's growth -- that children have the potential for self-learning and self-improvement, that is to say, the child is committed to improving himself. However, due to the inappropriate guidance of adults or the influence of the environment, the child will appear deviant behavior, such as untidy, disobedient, lazy, greedy, self-centered and so on. Therefore, Montessori emphasized the importance of the environment and the adults, if we can not see the child's true nature, we will not be able to assist the child to develop normally.

Montessori said, "Our school can be compared to a sanatorium in the beginning, where the first thing that happens to the child is the restoration of mental health." Montessori believed that only through the therapeutic use of work could a child's deviant behavior be treated, because the child would construct himself through work. Therefore, although Montessori's scientific kindergarten education is rich in teaching aids, its biggest purpose is not to teach children how to use the teaching aids, but to assist them in constructing a perfect personality through the operation of the teaching aids. The key to the child's inner treasure is to focus, and the child must be free to choose and focus on the atmosphere, in order to enhance his energy and mental capacity, and then reach the realm of self-control.

The absorptive mind: a concept developed by Montessori that refers to a period of early childhood development. This is a period in which the absorption of specific experiences takes place without any external drive.

Situations specifically designed for small groups provide appropriate stimulation.

An appropriate environment promotes developmental change in children.

Children are internally motivated, and children's learning and manipulation are driven by internal motivation, especially when they are at the edge of this ability.

Emphasizes sensation and the child's experience and de-emphasizes testing.

The instructor dissolves into the child's life through the environment, short periods of individual or small group instruction, and the child is free to choose his or her own activities for most of the day

Montessori Educational Philosophy 1, Making People Human

2, Spontaneous Intelligence

3, Creativity of the Human Person

4, Assisting the Child in Self-Development

5, a prepared environment

6, give children the freedom

Montessori math potential unlimited fertile ground a, stimulate young children's interest in learning, cultivate good operating habits After the implementation of Montessori math, the children's interest in learning math greatly increased, for them, math is no longer boring, but into a fun game, a good sense of order and operating habits are also naturally acquired during the operation again and again. A good sense of order and operating habits are also naturally acquired in one operation! 1. Increased interest in math learning The process of using their hands and brains is fun in itself. During the activities, they concentrate on exploring the secrets of the mathematical kingdom, and their seriousness is enough to move people. For example, the activities of classification, sorting, correspondence, etc., which seem to be rusty mathematical terms, become so vivid and interesting in Montessori math: "The clothes of the three members of the bear family are messed up, but they are getting ready to go out now, what should they do? Ask the children to help them!" The next step is for the children to help the bear family to separate their clothes: sorting - putting the clothes, shoes and socks in separate places; sorting - lining up Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Baby Bear in order; corresponding - helping each bear to put on the right clothes", this is a series of ingenious mathematical activities ah! In the process of helping the bears with great interest, the children also easily gained mathematical experience in classification, sorting, correspondence, etc. They played happily and learned easily! 2. Good habits are formed When organizing teaching activities, Montessori Mathematics pays special attention to children's order and habit formation. For example, before each activity, children are allowed to put out their own learning aids and arrange them on the manipulative table in order; after each activity, children are guided to pack up their own learning aids and put them into the learning aids bag, marking them well for the convenience of next time's use; etc. All these gradually cultivate children's behavioral habits. All these gradually cultivate children's behavioral habits and a good sense of order, and this kind of sustained and focused habit cultivation is not only for mathematical activities, but also for any other things are beneficial for a lifetime.

Two Promote learning and growth, and improve the satisfaction of parents The teaching method of Montessori math has lit a guiding light for our teachers in teaching. Let the children play while learning and learn while playing. The complex, boring and tedious mathematical principles can be memorized by the children through their games in a playful way. Both active classroom atmosphere, but also by the children like, the key is that every child can master. Montessori math is a vast and fertile land, in this piece of land we have blossomed bright flowers. We have harvested children's hope, children's development, and even more parents' trust and support. At the same time, we also hope that more teachers will use this curriculum, so that more children grow happily in this fertile land!