| Giving your child a Montessori education will prove | | | | and retain new knowledge at an alarming rate. |
| to be one of the smartest decisions you ever | | | | The approach taken by Montessori is effective in |
| could have made for your child's future. This | | | | that the children are more focused on what they |
| fundamental teaching method was created in the | | | | are trying to learn because there is no teacher |
| early 1900s by Maria Montessori and was made | | | | attempting to force certain curriculum on the |
| for children of younger ages who are on the level | | | | students. |
| of elementary teaching. The essence of this | | | | Experienced Gleaned by Children |
| method is to enable children to teach themselves | | | | This method of learning is based upon the |
| with a sense of independence while the teacher is | | | | assumptions that children are not only capable of |
| merely there to observe and make certain that | | | | learning by themselves, but that they are also |
| the child's time is never wasted. They understand | | | | able to teach, review, and maintain what they |
| that the child's learning area should not confine the | | | | were assigned to learn. When a teacher serves to |
| child to a certain avenue of learning, but should | | | | observe the learning process rather than take a |
| instead provide them the ability to create their | | | | huge part in it, the child is able to establish what |
| own learning avenue. | | | | can be their own strengths and weaknesses in |
| Learning Material | | | | order to find the perfect study habit. Teachers |
| The material covered is usually taught with tactile, | | | | believe there is a window of opportunity between |
| more physical activities so that the student gets a | | | | the ages of four and seven that a child can learn |
| hands-on feel for what he or she is learning. At | | | | as much information as possible and that in this |
| this school's beginnings, Maria Montessori was | | | | period, the child is not prone to accepting |
| researching the mental capacity for the mentally | | | | authority. This is why the teacher remains |
| challenged students trying to learn new things for | | | | detached from the learning so the children can |
| a research paper. The goal of her paper was to | | | | experience this concept themselves. |
| find a proper environment for these children to | | | | They also realize that once a child becomes |
| learn in where they intellectually develop in a more | | | | interested and focused on a concept, there is a |
| efficient manner. She was very successful with | | | | period of concentration that follows where the |
| her studies and started applying her research to | | | | child can retain a myriad of information. The |
| those who did not have any mental challenges or | | | | Montessori Method recognizes these periods and |
| disabilities. | | | | makes sure to give the child enough time to |
| The Rate of Learning | | | | pursue and act on that concentration. The |
| The method she founded was very beneficial to | | | | Montessori Method of education is perfect for any |
| children who had a natural desire to learn and she | | | | child who wants to be able to set their own |
| found that her technique allowed students to learn | | | | standards for success. |