Montessori Essays

In the words of Maria Montessori, “for thousands of years, the child has been passing like an unknown being in the midst of humanity; and yet he possesses mental instincts which make us recognize him as a bond between successive generations in the development of civilisation. ” (pg 298, The …

Maria Montessori work was innovative at a time when children learned by rote she encouraged children to organise their own activities and absorb information from their environment. She belived in child-led education and learning through senses, and developed constructive play, but felt that if children were encouraged to learn skills …

In 1945, Loris Malaguzzi founded the first Reggio school. His Reggio education dominated the Italian education that was already in place. The approach of Reggio is community led, this involves everyone in their close community but also those from outside of the close community. Within Reggio, they repeat their ideas …

Language is the ability to understand speech and a desire to convey one’s feelings and thoughts. The learning of language is truly the child’s most remarkable intellectual achievement and is amazingly accomplished rapidly in a very short time span. “By mere living and without any conscious effort the individual absorbs …