Delivering learning responsibility to children

Montessori is all about Delivering learning responsibility to children themselves and not taking it in our hand. Whenever the adults interfered by too much caring for the  child , it ended up in disaster. When we feel responsible for  feeding the children, putting them to sleep, entertaining them, they always returned it with either over doing or being finicky .We should learn to let go. The same goes for learning also. Children have vast capacity for observation, vocabulary and absorption. All we have to do is provide them with a suitable atmosphere conducive for learning and step in only when anything is not put to proper use.

This way they learn much better and faster. So lot of care should be taken in preparing the environment, taking care to provide appropriate good quality materials according to the children’s age, capability and readiness. No over/under doing. In an environment that is natural, airy, comfortably furnished, enough brightness and moving space.

Until the child settles down materials displayed can be practical life objects and building blocks.

Initial learning materials can be for learning shapes and color, matching and gradation, look and tell story picture books /cards. Children can learn lot of vocabulary from this.

A story telling session based on what the teacher wants to impart .The instructor can also act out a scene ,a story/rhyme [that is based on reality] with lot of props.