History
When did the first Montessori school open?
January 6, 1907
What is Montessori best known for?
The philosophy of education.
One of Montessori known books was “The _______ Mind”.
Absorbent
Montessori's ideas about how children learn are built on a theory called _________.
Constructivism
(learn by doing with hands-on learning tools)
In a Montessori classroom children make ________ choices in their learning.
Creative
Who was Montessori influenced by?
Fredrick Froebel and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi
Montessori worked closely with this person while further developing her theory.
Her son.
What is the English translation for Casa dei Bambini?
Children's House
What is the Montessori method of teaching?
Self-directed activity, hands-on learning and collaborative play.
Casa dei Bambini was a school created for _________ students.
underprivileged
Where did the first Montessori school open up?
Rome
Three aspects of a Montessori classroom.
Child centered, Natural items (such as wooden toys and baskets), and limited quantity (less is more).
The term ______ ________ was introduced to describe an approach for children aged six to twelve years that emphasized the interdependence of all the elements of the natural world.
Cosmic education
What was Montessori's basic principle to her philosophy?
"Follow the child"
The first North American Montessori school opened up in the state of ______ in the year _____.
New York; 1911
The carefully prepared environment of Montessori schools provide opportunities for children to grow _____ and ________.
Intellectually and emotionally.
Three common criticisms of a Montessori based school.
No specific blueprint, discourages social interaction, and inaccessible/expensive (most commonly private schools).
Montessori always thought education involved three elements...
The learner, the prepared environment, and the trained adult.
A unification of physical and mental energies comes about when a child becomes absorbed in work. Montessori calls this ________.
normalization
According to Montessori, what is the greatest sign of success for a teacher?
"To be able to say the children are now working as if I did not exist."
By 1913, there were more than ____ Montessori schools in the country.
100
What are the key principles of Maria Montessori?
Independence, Observation, Following the child, Correcting the child, Prepared environment and Absorbent mind.
As a scientist Montessori needed to test her ideas so in 1907 she took dictatorship over a daycare called...
Casa Dei Bambini
Dr. Montessori used her observational and experimental proclivities from her medical background to develop what we might call...
constructivistic understanding of the process of learning
Montessori saw two streams of energy with young children. These were...
The physical energy of the body and the mental energy of the body