What is Montessori?

Montessori is an educational approach developed through extensive observations of how children learn.
Dr. Montessori believed in education involving all the senses and the use of self-correcting manipulatives.
Montessori is to the child “the preparation for life”.

What are Montessori principles?

Montessori is based on these key principles:

• A child’s life is a continuum in which each stage of development is
preparation for the next steps in life and, ultimately a well prepared adult.

• Children naturally love to learn. The Montessori teacher is trained to provide an environment
and direction that promotes learning through discovery at the “child’s own pace”.

• Children are grouped in multi-aged classrooms. The older children in the class benefit from
helping the younger ones, reinforcing their own knowledge by teaching.

• Children need to manipulate tangible objects in order to understand abstract concepts.
When a child in a Montessori class has learned something, he or she has first seen, touched,
researched or in some way discovered it personally.

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