Kindergarten Montessori

Every child is unique and has great opportunities. The task of parents is to help reveal the child's abilities. One of the most effective systems of education, which allows to develop the child in a complex way, is the method of Maria Montessori .

In recent years, more and more kindergartens are working on the Montessori method. What are its advantages?

Italian educator, scientist and psychologist Maria Montessori in the early twentieth century has gained worldwide fame after creating her own education system for young children. And to this day, her pedagogy has many supporters around the world.

The essence of the method is an individual approach to each child. Not training, but watching the baby, which in a special gaming environment independently performs certain exercises.

The teacher does not teach, but helps to coordinate the independent activity of the child, thereby pushing to self-learning. The technology of developing education in kindergarten by Montessori method stimulates the child's self-development.

The main task of the teacher is to create a special development environment (or Montessori environment) in which the child will acquire new skills and abilities. Therefore, a kindergarten working in the Montessori system, as a rule, has several zones in which the baby develops various abilities. In this case, every element of the Montessori environment performs its specific task. Let us consider the main components of the system.

Montessori Environment Zones

The following zoning can be distinguished:

1. Real life. Mastering of vital skills. Develops large and small motor skills, teaches the child to focus on a certain task. Helps the child to acquire skills of independent drawing, coloring, etc.
2. Sensory development - the study of the surrounding space, the development of color, shape and other properties of objects.
3. Mental (mathematical, geographic, natural science, etc.) development helps to develop logic, memory and perseverance.
4. Motor exercises. Performing a variety of physical exercises contributes to the development of attention, balance and coordination of movements.

The number of zones in a kindergarten working according to the Montessori method varies according to the tasks assigned. There may also be music, dance or language zones.

Principles of Montessori's pedagogical program in kindergarten

1. Creation of a special environment with didactic material .
2. Possibility of self-selection. Children themselves choose the zone and duration of classes.
3. Self-control and error detection by the child.
4. Working out and observance of certain rules (cleaning with oneself, quietly moving around the class, etc.) helps to gradually adapt to the rules of society and accustoms to order.
5. Different ages of students in the group help to develop a sense of mutual assistance, cooperation and responsibility.
6. Absence of a class-lesson system. No desks - only mats or light chairs and tables.
7. The child is an active participant in the process. Not a teacher, but children help and train each other. This helps develop children's independence and confidence.

Psychological approaches

In the nursery of Maria Montessori there is no competition. The child is not compared with others, which allows him to form positive self-esteem, confidence and self-sufficiency.

The child and his achievements are not evaluated. This helps to nurture an independent, self-confident and objectively self-evaluating person.

Most often, the Montessori pedagogy education for children can be found in a private kindergarten, which is reflected in the rather high cost of education. But the result is worth it.

A kindergarten, working on the Montessori method, is an opportunity for a child to be himself. The kid in the learning process will be able to develop in himself such qualities as independence, determination and independence, which will be indispensable in the further adult life.