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TakeaCloserLookatMontessori
TheteachersroleintheMontessoriclassroomislessdirectivethanin
traditionalschools.Theteachersarespeciallytrainedtobecomeexpertobservers
ofchildrensotheyunderstanddthedevelopmentalneedoftheirstudents.The
teachersroleistoguide,toanobserverandcaretakeroftheprepared
environment.Theteacheristhechildslinktotheenvironment.Theteacher
carefullypreparestheenvironmentbyprovidingstimulatingobjectsandby
removingobstaclestolearning.Typicallyateacherwillgivealessontoan
individualchildortoasmallgroupandthenstepbacktoallowthechildtowork
independently.Theteacherwillthencontinuetoobservethechildtohelp
overcomedifficultiesandredirectthechildsinterestifnecessary.
ChildrenofaMontessorischoolareviewedastheirownperson.Children
haveanaturaldrivetoworkinordertodevelop.Childrenarenotcontentunless
theyhaveanopportunitytodevelopandlearn.Montessorilooksatwaysof
understandingchildrenandhowchildrendevelopbasedoncarefulscientificstudy.
TheMontessorienvironmentisonewhereadultsandchildrencareforone
otherandarenotafraidtoshowit.Itisaplacewhereyoucanlearnasmuchas
possibleaboutallthethingsthatinterestachildwithoutbeingscaredaboutthe
thingsthatdont.Itisaplacewherechildrencanbetheirselvesandcanlearnto
reallylovelearning.
Dr.Montessoridevelopedasetofmaterialstoworktogethernotonly
withintheclassroom,buyalsoacrossclassroomlevels.Thesetwithineach
classroomwasintendedtobeabouttherightsizesetforachildtomaterinabout
threeyearsintheclassroom.Thematerialsthechildwouldseeinthenext
classroomnotonlyreferredtothematerialsintheearlierclassroombutbuilton
theknowledgethechildrenalreadyknew.