Maria
The Child
Philosophy
The Environment
Curriculum
100

1870 through 1952

What is the time span of Maria's life?

100

What was Maria's first key finding when studying young children learning.

What is they could concentrate for long periods.

100

Food, shelter, clothing, safety, and transportation.

What are the Material Fundamental Needs

100

The first aim of the prepared environment.

To render the child independent from the adult.

100

Where the child learns to care for themselves and their environment.

Where is Practical Life.

200

Montessori's University

What is the University of Rome?

200

Transformation of the child's personality.

What is normalization.

200

Religion, art, culture, and vanities.

What are the Spiritual Human Tendencies

200

1907

What is the year of the first Montessori classroom.

200

What Maria believed to "open the way to knowledge."

What are the senses.

300

The first female Italian physician ever.

Who is Maria Montessori

300

Detours from optimal growth.

Deviations

300
The young children appear to take in information unconsciously and seemingly without effort.

What is the Absorbent Mind.

300

When the material provides feedback.

What is self correcting.

300

The longest sensitive period children go through.

What is language.

400

Maria's baby daddy

Who is Dr. Giuseppe Montesano

400
The symbol Montessori used for the relationship between the child, the teacher and the environment.

What is the learning triangle

400

Periods of time when children appear most sensitive to learn something.

What are the Sensitive Periods.

400

The curriculum areas in a Primary Montessori classroom.

What is Practical Life, Sensorial, Math, Language, Social Studies, Science, and Art.

400

This curriculum area is the foundation for mathematical understanding. 

What is Sensorial.

500
This is where Montessori was laid to rest.

Where is the Netherlands.

500

Age grouping in a primary Montessori classroom.

What is 3 to 6 years old.

500

Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence, and Maturity

What are the Four Planes of Development.

500

Those who take care of the environment.

What is both adults and children.
500

What Montessori called moving math concepts from the concrete to the internal.

What is "Passages to Abstraction."

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