Empower, Educate and Advance your children for a finer tomorrow - Wattle montessori

Every child is unique; every child is special with their own abilities. In this respect it is very essential that we pay special attention to the child’s social, psychological, behavioral and entire developmental process. The entire communicable process as discussed is a very notable aspect of Montessori system of education for children.

Montessori Pedagogy

In Montessori Pedagogy, the educators pay special attention to children activity and collective play.  The educators follow a few rules in the pedagogy. They are:

1)      The Montessori teacher needs to treat the children as pupils and not as students. The work of a Montessori educator is to bring out the dormant qualities of the child.

2)      The teachers keep the class clean and filled with colorful learning toys, games, stationery items. The teacher engages in reading out stories, singing, arranging games, play and activities like singing and dancing. The activities enable to teacher to study the behavior, planning and problem solving capacity of the child.

3)      The teacher will remain connected to every child but never come in the way of their individual communication. This is also a method of teaching values to the child without their notice.

Maria Montessori Pedagogy

The entire foundation and credit of the Montessori system of education goes to Maria Montessori (1870-1952). The Maria Montessori Pedagogy patterns supports the development of children from birth to middle school through the following divisions:

1)      Infant/Toddler – (For children aged 0-3 years). The teachers help to develop trust, confidence, motor skills, language skills and independence gain to do everyday tasks in children.

2)      Primary/Children’s House /CASA– (For children aged 3-6 years). The teachers help to develop self-regulation, clear communication, basic literacy and mathematics and imaginative exploration.

3)      Elementary – (For Children from 6 to 12 years).The teachers help to develop intellectual pursuits, community behavior and cultural interests.

4)      Adolescence /Erkinder/Farm Schools - (For children from 12 to 15 years). The teachers play an important role to develop administrative sense, economic sense and interpersonal referencing.

Montessori Pedagogy Theory

The Montessori system of education is also based on a philosophy and theory. The outlines of Montessori Pedagogy theory include some basic points. They are:

1)      Respect for the child – Even the children has the freedom of expression and to make choices.

2)      The Absorbent Mind – The children not only imitate but collect even the minute information around them.

3)      Sensitive period – Every child has some unique ability. They use this ability to develop skills.

4)      The prepared environment – The class room is a learning environment and not a prison. The children should be allowed maximum activity to face the outside world.

5)      Auto education – The Montessori education enables the child to develop on its own. The teachers are their guides.

Thus, if any adult finds any deviation of the child from the above mentioned development process, like the child not interacting, the child becoming violent and so on, immediate attention and specialist help needs to be given.