Montessori technique in your home

«Each child is a free, unique personality, with its own terms and methods of studying the world around us.».

Loving parents want their children to grow up healthy, cheerful and, of course, happy. «What is needed for this and how to achieve it?» Many parents ask such questions and, unfortunately, not everyone knows the answer to them. But there is an answer! Developing and learning according to the Montessori method, children in preschool age acquire tremendous motivation for learning, internal discipline, perseverance and the ability to concentrate. This method also forms a sense of responsibility, will, and develops intuition and conscious obedience. All this is the key to the formation of a child in society as a full-fledged, conscious personality..

For almost a century, schools and kindergartens have been opened all over Russia, teaching children using this method. Although, due to various circumstances, not everyone can afford to send a child to such a kindergarten, you can equip such a class or room at home. Didactic material and manuals for this can be easily found in the store or ordered on the Internet. It is within the power of each parent to make such material on their own, at home..

To create a Montessori environment, the room must be divided into semantic zones:

-a zone of practical life, where the child acquires self-service skills (washing, ironing, cleaning, cooking, etc.);

-zone of sensory development. Here children get acquainted with the physical properties of objects (smell, size, temperature, weight);

-mathematical zone. In this zone, the skills of counting, addition, subtraction, division and multiplication are taught;

-zone of language development. Teaching native speech, reading, writing, expanding vocabulary;

-space development zone. This zone implies the child’s acquaintance with the world around him as a whole..

All didactic material is aimed specifically at the purposeful development and upbringing of children. At the same time, the child has full access to all the aids in the classroom..

But it is not enough to simply equip the room. You need to know the basic principles and provisions of the Montessori technique.

The first and basic principle is freedom of choice. The classroom aids are arranged so that a child from 0 to 6 years old can see and take any object he likes. The child also sets the time and pace of the lesson himself. The teacher or parent observes and explains to the child how to use an object correctly, using the motto «Help me do it myself».

The Montessori technique has found its application in many countries of the world and is now popular due to its high efficiency and simplicity..