Montessori Vision/Method
How many key principles do the Montessori method have?
6
Two of the four categories of Practical Life.
Grace and Courtesy/Control of Movement/Care of the Environment/Care of Pearson
What does S.P.I.C.E stand for?
Social, Physical, Intellectual, Creative, Emotional
Who plays the most important role in children’s well-being and learning?
Families
What is the benefit of a multi-age classroom?
Peer Support
What elements does Montessori want the environment to have?
Safe, Capable, Valued, Inspired
Rephrase “That is not how you play it!” in a ‘Montessori’ way.
“How should you use this material?”
What are the two parts they focus on in physical skill?
Gross and Fine Motor Skills
What is the context for well-being and learning?
Relationships
How would children be taught problem-solving?
Collaboration/ Critical Thinking
Instead of judging, how should teachers teach children?
Direct, Guide, and Help Children
Practical life, Sensorial, Mathematics, and what are the other two curriculums?
Language and Culture
Which curriculum of Montessori can ‘S - Social’ be related to?
Practical Life
Which two are integral to well-being and learning?
Play and Environment
Why can Montessori materials provide uninterrupted work to children?
Control of Error
When we should never help children with a task?
When they feel they can succeed.
Which curriculum does “visual discrimination” belongs to?
Language
Why social and emotional are important for children?
It gives children the capacity to understand the feelings of others and control their own feelings. Social interaction demands that children are able to cooperate, follow directions, have moral reasoning and demonstrate self-control.
What is the vision of the Early Learning Framework?
“Respectfully living and learning together.”
What does Montessori nurture?
Order/Concentration/Independence
Why Maria Montessori wants to create a certain environment and materials for early year learning?
Everyone is born with potential, she is seeking a way to create an environment to allow children fully develop their potential.
What is included in the Mathematics curriculum?
Linear counting, decimal system, and Memorization
How does the environment support S.P.I.C.E?
Environments will provide adequate space, materials, and time to play that will enrich and challenge children in various ways for children to have holistic development.
Why educators are researchers and collaborators?
Teachers observe children’s actions, and evaluate and make decisions based on their observations. Educators provide changes for children to cooperate with each other to grow and learn and cooperate with parents to provide a good environment for children’s development.
Montessori respect children’s _____.
nature/personal dignity/concentration