Montessori Education

                                                                  Maria Montessori 

Montessori education is on of three types of education systems, mainstream (the most common), Warldof and Montessori. The first Montessori classroom was opened in 1907 just 10 years after Maria Montessori started developing the Montessori Method. Montessori Education is 106 years old this year. Maria Montessori based her work on her observations of children and experimentation with the environment, materials and lessons available to them. Maria Montessori referred to her work as "Scientific Pedagogy". Montessori education spread to the United States in 1911 and became widely known in education and popular publications. There's an estimated 7000 Montessori schools in the world serving children from birth to eighteen years old. 

Montessori Education is characterized by an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits and respect for a child's natural psychological developement. 

• There are vertical grouping also known as mixed classrooms e.g. 0-3 or 3-6 where 3-6 is the most common.

• Uninterrupted work time

• Specialized educational materials developed by Maria Montessori and her collaborators.

Where can you study Montessori Education and become a Montessori Teacher: 

www.montessorisa.co.za

Top 5 reasons why you should choose a Montessori school for your children: 

1. Freedom of choice in work

2. Educational manipulative materials

3. Vertical classrooms

4. Cosmic Curriculum

5. Practical life also know as Activities of everyday living

For more information visit: 

www.parentingtree.org

I truly hope that this little bit of information shared will allow you to want to do some of your own research and that Wikipedia is not a reliable source. 

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