Since 1 10 years ago, there have been 1 10 countries.
What are the advantages and status of this concept of early childhood education that is respected all over the world?
In fact, how many parents really understand Montessori's educational philosophy?
The kindergarten in Guang Guang is now Montessori kindergarten. In fact, I didn't deliberately choose to provide Montessori education. Frankly speaking, at first, the understanding of Montessori only stayed at "Oh, this is the most famous preschool education method in the world". Why it is so famous is actually unknown.
Although I chose this kindergarten not because of its fame, the real situation is that we chose this kindergarten because we took a fancy to outdoor activity areas with independent fences (many of them don't have such treatment), independent canteens (some kindergartens are outsourced), patient teachers, and it happens to be a Montessori kindergarten. Compared with other unknown education methods, Montessori education is very reassuring!
Do you know that?/You know what? Do you know that?/You know what? Many celebrities' childhood enlightenment education is Montessori-Google founders Larry Page and sergey brin, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, vediogame's will wright, Wikipedia founder jimmy donal wales and so on.
The core of Montessori education is all child-centered preschool education, which advocates the role of children as the leading factor and teachers or instructors as the auxiliary role.
Some people say that Montessori education is an educational method that adopts the most concrete and standardized educational method, but retains and promotes the development of children's creativity to the greatest extent.
I dare not say that every child who has been educated by Montessori can make amazing achievements, but I think the appearance of Larry Page and others at least shows that Montessori education has not obliterated children's precious creativity. In addition to congenital factors, the growth environment, especially the first few years of life, is too important for a person's growth.
Children's classes, kindergartens and online learning resources are full of Montessori education. I used to be nervous about this-watching the mothers who have special time and patience on the Internet prepare extremely rich Montessori games and toys for their dolls at home, and then watching what they are playing for their dolls, the shadow area in their hearts is particularly large.
Only recently did I begin to understand that Montessori education is much more than Montessori toys and games.
A lot of information on the Internet mentioned that Montessori schools are all over the world. However, because maria montessori has not registered Montessori education as a trademark, many schools are using the banner of Montessori education. However, the core and principle of education is not authentic Montessori education.
"There are 400 Montessori schools in America, but only 1 100 schools are registered members of Montessori Association of America."
Most of these schools have Montessori toys or games. The most prominent feature of Montessori education is to let children explore freely in a well-prepared environment. As early as 1 10 years ago, maria montessori created various toys and teaching AIDS. Because these toys are highly recognizable, people who are not familiar with their educational core can easily think that this is the main teaching content.
The main core of Montessori education is actually-
"Children are the fathers of adults"
"But if we can find the essence of human beings in children, then we can also find the happiness of future races in him."
"Adults acquire knowledge through our brains; But children can directly absorb knowledge into their own spiritual world. From the simplest daily life, children actually learn their mother tongue. "
"They are temporary phenomena, the purpose is to obtain a clear feature. Once this characteristic is obtained, the relevant sensitivity disappears. "
"The most important feature of our education method is to emphasize the environment. Another feature is the great concern and discussion on the role of teachers. Teachers who lack initiative emphasize their activities and authority because they become obstacles to children's activities. "
"Children themselves provide practical, clear and even proven principles for the construction of an educational method. In this educational method, children's own choice is a guiding principle, and their natural vitality can prevent mistakes. "
The following are some generally accepted criteria for judging Montessori schools. After parents understand the core of Montessori education, it is not difficult to understand the following characteristics:
Do you advocate children's autonomous learning instead of teacher's spoon-feeding teaching in the teaching process?
Is the child active or passive in the learning process?
Do children of different ages study together?
Do you attach importance to cultural education in the teaching process?
Is the school a registered Montessori school?
Has the teacher been trained in Montessori Training Center?
The purpose of maria montessori's self-made teaching AIDS is to provide rich materials for children, so that they can enjoy the joy of exploration independently and intently. Teaching AIDS can make children self-verify, that is, they can explore the law and find solutions by themselves without the help of teachers, and on this basis, they can get positive psychological incentives and gain self-confidence.
So the point is not to teach children to play with all kinds of toys, but to provide rich and inspiring materials for children to explore. Playing with toys is the medium, not the ultimate goal. In addition, when choosing Montessori toys and schools or early childhood classes, everyone can have their own judgment.
I have always believed that obtaining the most original data and information is the premise of independent thinking. There are many articles and methodologies about Montessori education on the Internet. I suggest that friends who are interested in this educational idea read maria montessori's original works.
Different from passively accepting the processed and filtered information, the inspiration you get from reading the original text with questions and combining your own practical experience is the most valuable.
Maria montessori is the first female doctor of medicine in Italian history. She is proficient in medicine, philosophy, pedagogy, experimental psychology and anthropology. I think this book explores the law of human self-development and solves many doubts for me. When a child loses his temper, parents often feel frustrated and don't know how to help our child solve the problem. The reason behind it is that we don't really see our children.
Maria montessori established the first "Children's Home" in 1907. There are many examples in the book. You may think that children 1 10 years ago were different from today, but the answer isno. You will find many familiar examples in the book!
Do you know why children like to do one thing over and over again? Why always have a little obsessive-compulsive disorder? There are explanations in the original work.
Instead of passively learning how to deal with dry goods such as children losing their temper online, seeing the facts and understanding the reasons behind them in essence will make you more confident and easier to find feelings when you encounter difficulties.
To my surprise, my temper is much better after reading such a book! Because I really care about my children, I understand that TAs help them when they encounter difficulties. When I was writing yesterday, I cried until before 7 o'clock in the morning. Although I was very tired, I calmed him calmly and patiently, and helped him solve his own needs (Dad was already beside me).
After getting the most original information and independent thinking, my feeling is that the best Montessori education is actually at home.
Maria montessori established the first "Children's Home" in the slums of Rome, enrolling children aged 3-6 from poor families. She teaches in her own original way. A few years later, the thoughts of these ordinary poor children have changed greatly. They have become smart, confident, educated, energetic and creative.
These children can't get a reasonable growth environment because of family reasons, and maria montessori has created a high-quality and suitable school learning environment for them. Then there is no reason for these high-quality parenting concepts to stop at school. In fact, we can actively apply them in the family environment.
Part of this book is specially written for teachers, but I think this book is actually written for parents-
"For adults who are more concerned about work, children are always the source of trouble."
"The happiness of an adult is actually closely related to his childhood."
"A person's character is formed in the sensitive and secret period of childhood."
"An adult who loves a child but subconsciously hurts the child will leave the child with inner sadness, which is actually a reflection of the adult's own mistakes. "
"If an adult does this, even if he can be sure that he is full of passion and love for the child and has made sacrifices for the child, he will unconsciously' inhibit' the child's personality development."
When we see that the child is out of control, the problem is not the child itself, but the child's own problems and parents can't really see the child and help the child solve the problem. We will misunderstand, get angry and even do things that we regret.
I always believe that the best education is family education, so it is what I have been doing and what I like to do to absorb high-quality educational ideas through independent thinking and practice.
The core of Montessori education goes far beyond Montessori toys and games. Don't throw away the most precious idea.
Here, we don't fully accept some educational ideas, but encourage everyone to learn from them. In fact, there are many other preschool schools. Let me study them and share them with you.
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References:
1./ Ultimate Guide-Montessori-Singapore/
2./blog/5-Clue-This may not be the real Montessori school.
3./reference/article/principles-Montessori-method/