The Montessori Method
The Nursery School follows the principles of Maria Montessori. The Montessori Method of Education is both a philosophy of child growth and a rationale for guiding such growth. It is based on the child’s developmental needs for freedom within limits, and a carefully prepared environment which guarantees exposure to materials and experiences through which to develop intelligence as well as physical and psychological abilities.
The child needs adults to expose him to the possibilities of his life, but the child himself must direct his response to those capabilities.
With the belief that a child, given the freedom to experience and experiment, will be the best gauge of his own readiness for academic, social and physical activities, Dr Montessori initiated a child centred personalised programme which integrates all aspects of the child’s
development.
The Montessori Method of Education recognises the following unique qualities of young children:
- Children are to be respected as different from adults, and as individuals who differ from each other.
- The child possesses unusual sensitivity and mental powers for absorbing and learning from his environment.
- The most important years of growth are the first six years of life when unconscious learning is gradually brought to the conscious level.
- The child has a deep love and need for purposeful work. He works however not as an adult for profit and completion of a job, but for the sake of the activity, which accomplishes for him his most important goal; and for the development of himself – his mental, physical and psychological powers.
The materials used in a Montessori school provide sensorial experiences which enable a child to develop a keen sense of awareness of his environment and thus strengthen his ability to cope with it.
The child needs adults to expose him to the possibilities of his life, but the child himself must direct his response to those capabilities.
With the belief that a child, given the freedom to experience and experiment, will be the best gauge of his own readiness for academic, social and physical activities, Dr Montessori initiated a child centred personalised programme which integrates all aspects of the child’s
development.
The Montessori Method of Education recognises the following unique qualities of young children:
- Children are to be respected as different from adults, and as individuals who differ from each other.
- The child possesses unusual sensitivity and mental powers for absorbing and learning from his environment.
- The most important years of growth are the first six years of life when unconscious learning is gradually brought to the conscious level.
- The child has a deep love and need for purposeful work. He works however not as an adult for profit and completion of a job, but for the sake of the activity, which accomplishes for him his most important goal; and for the development of himself – his mental, physical and psychological powers.
The materials used in a Montessori school provide sensorial experiences which enable a child to develop a keen sense of awareness of his environment and thus strengthen his ability to cope with it.
