Assignment I Quotes
Quote: Pg 7.
Education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being. It is not acquired by listening to words, but in virtue of experiences in which the child acts on his environment.
The teacher’s task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.
Example:
There are many, but I pick this one because it is very recent. It has not even been three full weeks of school…there is a little boy L, who is still in many ways yet to get out of the 0-3y sub phase. L has been working with the world map puzzle day after day. He matches the continents to the control map over and over again. Just yesterday, I happened to be by him and said can you place N. America on my lap and HE COULD! I continued with the other continents and he knew all of them. I still do not know if he can name them himself…but he is well in the second period! He just turned three! He already can visually recognize the continents on earth…..Except for naming them for him the first couple of times our role was only in providing him with an environment in which he could internalize this all by himself!
Quote: Pg. 83.
The child seeks for independence by means of work; independence of body and mind.
Example:
I was in a class a handful of years ago…in a full day school. One girl C used to have difficulty undressing and dressing up (I believe everything was done for her at home). At school her clothes were very accessible to her. She went through a phase when she would get to her bin and keep changing her clothes multiple times a day. I noticed that over a period of few weeks she became very proficient with zippers, buttons, pulling clothes over her head, turning her clothes inside out etc. She was the class helper for any child struggling with their clothes. She slowly stopped changing her clothes multiple times a day. She had become completely independent in dressing herself up. I was so amazed with how she had sought out to grow independent in an area that she had difficulty in.
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Rati,
I always find it so amazing when a child becomes so enthralled in work that it is all he wants until he is fulfilled. It is such a proof of what Montessori says. They continue with that work till they are done and satisfied.
Rati,
Your second example reminds me of my daughter last year! Although she has been independently dressing since she was two, she went through a phase last year (she was three) of changing her clothes two or three times a day like the girl in your example. Since our classroom is adjacent to her bedroom, she has access to her entire wardrobe!! I tried not to make a big deal.....and sure enough, it passed. She is quite proficient at dressing - and fast too!
Did you ever talk with her parents about helping her be more independent with her dressing at home? I have found this topic hard to bring up with parents who just need to "get out the door" in the morning.
I think that is amazing. Just three and able to identify the continents! That is really impressive-thank goodness he has access to these materials!
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