Montessori Schools
by Lizzie Milan supervisorMontessori Schools are called houses of children. These
schools provide family atmosphere. The children in such schools feel that they
are reading in their own houses. The children are given complete freedom in
such schools. There are many rooms in schools. There is one big room and
several small rooms. The big room is used for Study while the small rooms are
used for doing various occupations such as cooking, physical exercises, etc.
There is one garden in each Child-house (Montessori school). The children play
in that garden and do many things. The Montessori School appears like a
Child-house.
1.
Motor
Education: It means an education which gives
motion. According to Early Childhood Care Education in this method,
children are put to motion. The children are given such education as makes the
children to be active and do many things. The children are taught how to sit,
how to run, how to dress or undress, how to cook, etc. The purpose
of doing is to make the various organs of the body strong and healthy. The
children also learn many useful things which are done in a family.
2.
Sensory
Education:It means training of senses. The children are given
sensory education. According to Montessori Courses, the various senses like touch
sense, sight sense, hearing sense, taste sense are aroused and developed. Sensory
experiences are the basis of Montessori Method. According to this method, more
and more sensory education is necessary for the children. Great importance has,
therefore, been attached on Sensory Education in Montessori Method. The
children attain knowledge through the following senses:
a)
Touch
Sense:For developing, touch sense, the children are given
to box containing several hand-kerchiefs. Some hand-kerchiefs are soft, some
are course, some are silken some are cotton. The children are asked to pick out
the soft or the course hand-kerchiefs.
b)
Sight
Sense:For developing Sight sense, the children are given
tablets of different colors. The children are asked to see the colors of the
tablets. The children see various tablets in different colors and say the
colors of the tablets. In this way, the children are able to see and develop
their sight sense.
c)
Hearing
Sense:For developing this, there are bells. The bells are
rung up and the students are asked to tell about the sounds, whether they are
high sounds or low sounds. The children ring the bells themselves, in high
sounds as well as in low sounds. In this way,the hearing senses of the children
are developed.
d)
Taste
Sense:For developing this of the students, they are given
different things to eat. The things are of different tastes. Some things are
sweet, some are sour, and some are saltish. The children are asked to smell
them and tell about the smells. The children smell the smells and develop their
smell sense.
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