AMI MONTESSORI GUIDE 3-6

Mathematics is a wonderful cultural heritage - intrinsic in all aspects of life particularly in nature, art, architecture, music, science, and technology. Mathematics in Supranature, mathematics is everywhere. Why is maths introduced at such an early age? Montessori believed that each human being has a capacity for mathematics. Mathematics is in everything that we do. Children are expose to mathematical language, like half of banana, mommy has 2 sugars in her coffee, is 12:15, and more. So, it ...

The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines language as “an arbitrary system of vocal symbols by means of which human beings as members of a social group communicate and interact”. Language is powerful, suggestive and emotive instrument of communication of ideas or feelings by sounds (spoken) and signs (written). It is a unique possession of human beings. Thanks to it, humans can express thoughts of the intelligence by sharing them with their social circle allowing us to form relationships.

Practical life activities are those ones of everyday life, so that the children can learn how to do living activities in a purposeful way and therefore adapt and orientate in his environment for their own and the common good. The principal aims of practical life are to help the children in his/her work of adaptation and respond to the natural development of the child.

Culture is knowledge and all knowledge is a work of the intelligence. If humans didn’t have imagination, there wouldn’t be any culture. The construction of the intelligence is possible thanks to everything that surround us and is in our environment. However, culture is not only an intelligent organization, it has certain characteristics which a group has created. They are adaptations that bring unity to a group of men. Children seem to have by nature the ability to connect with all the diff...

Essay 1: Montessori describes development as the “Constructive Rhythm of Life”. Consider how the human tendencies manifest differently throughout the four planes of development. Essay 2: The Absorbent Mind aids the work of the Sensitive Periods in enabling the child to construct human characteristics. Essay 3: The child ́s self- construction requires the support of a prepared environment and prepared adult. Discuss. Essay 4: “If there is no freedom there is no discipline: if the...