Module 3 • Teaching Methods
Nature and reality: emphasise awareness of the world and encourage the children to care for it and to respect the world around them.
Intellectual material: the material covers all the developmental stages of the children in the five curriculum areas, namely, practical life skills, sensory-motor activities, mathematical skills, language skills and cultural knowledge.
8.1 The Montessori classroom To grasp the essence of Montessori education, just step inside a classroom.
• Beautiful, inviting, and thoughtfully arranged, the room embodies each element of Maria Montessori’s revolutionary approach.
• Natural lighting, soft colours, and uncluttered spaces set the stage for activity that is focused and calm.
• Learning materials are displayed on accessible shelves, fostering independence as students go about their work.
• Everything is where it is supposed to be, conveying a sense of harmony and order that both comforts and inspires.
• In this safe and empowering environment, students find joy in learning. Classroom design
• The design and flow of the Montessori classroom create a learning environment that accommodates choice.
• There are spaces suited to group activity, and areas where a student can settle in alone. Parts of the room are open and spacious, allowing a child to lay out strands of beads for counting, or sit quietly and read.
• You won’t find the customary rows of school desks; children work at tables or on the floor, rolling out mats on which to work and to define their work space.
• Nor are you likely to find walls papered with brightly coloured images of cartoon characters. Rather, you might see posters from a local museum, or framed photographs or paintings created by the students themselves.
• There are well-defined spaces for each part of the curriculum, such as Language, Arts, Maths, and Culture. Each of these areas features shelves or display tables with a variety of inviting materials from which students can choose.
• Many classrooms have an area devoted to peace and reflection: a quiet corner or table with well-chosen items – a vase of daisies; a goldfish bowl – to lead a child to quiet thought.
• And always there are places to curl up with books, where a student can read or be read to.
• The children are referred to as students and they are all busy with individual activities. There is a calm atmosphere and you will find the directress busy with one or two children at a time, or she is busy observing the children.
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