Parkside School
Bilingual Pre-school and Kindergarten
Maria Montessori & Concept
The Montessori method was developed by the Italian physician and pedagogue Maria Montessori (1870-1952), who observed children and analyzed how they learn. She saw that every child wants to learn; independent of age, sex, origin, religion or handicaps, and that the learning process takes place using all the senses at once. For this reason, the child is provided by the specially trained teacher with a prepared environment containing pedagogic materials, toys, games and exercises.
Under the direction and with the assistance of the teacher, the child decides for himself what, where, how, with whom and how long he wishes to do something. This gives the child the opportunity to activate his ability to act independently and to concentrate without interruption on the learning materials (polarization of attention). The goal is to provide learning methods and processes that support the child in his striving toward independence.
The material developed by Maria Montessori supports the child in its development in learning independently and in the unfolding of its abilities and talents.
Areas of the Montessori-Material:
- The daily life exercises
- The sensory material
- Mathematics
- Language
- Cosmic education (Man and environment)
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