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Wednesday, January 5, 2011
What is Montessori?
I sometimes get asked the question. I believe that, Montessori offers children a Prepared Environment, completely set up for them by the adult. The children learn to respect the classroom environment, their peers, the materials that they get to work with and the world. Children work with the materials in the classroom--they are exposed to beautiful items, breakable things, cooking opportunities, methods of grace and courtesy, learning how to take care of the environment (from putting their chosen work away, to cleaning up after spills, to recycling), and academics!
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Outside of the classroom, I believe in having a Montessori approach to home life...leave out the breakables, let them use scissors, have them take out recycling etc. The real world isn't edited so I don't edit my home (well, except from media that's inappropriate for their age). Every place we go (even the grocery store) or activity we do has the opportunity for learning and exploration. Why waste precious family time staring at the TV?
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