Annotated Bibliography Montessori

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Review Montessori lived between 1870- 1952 and she started off by getting a degree in medicine which then lead her interests towards deprived and disadvantaged children. This interest in deprived and disadvantaged children turned towards education which is what Montessori is well known for, for today. Isaacs (2010) stated that there are three main strands within the Montessori approach which are; the child, the favourable environment and the teacher. The first strand ‘the child’ is to do with the unique child and understands that all children have individuality because all children have different learning abilities. Montessori believed that children go through three different development stages; the absorbent mind, from conception to 6 …show more content…

This enables practitioners to be able to observe the individual child, analyse the observation to see what the child can do or what they need support with and then go on to plan for that child so they can help that child develop within the curriculum. Practitioners have to understand what a child can do before they are able to help progress their skills within the Development Matters in the Early Years Foundation …show more content…

DfE, 2012, p.27) for the EYFS states “the premises and equipment must be organised in a way that meets the needs of children”. This is linked to Montessori’s ideas of the environment because it ensures that all the different areas within the environment are going to benefit the children and help them to learn within that environment. Targeting the children’s senses is important because in the early years, the senses are used a lot in learning. Also having the child sized furniture and utensils will meet the child’s needs with having smaller body parts than adults which placement experience has shown with the small chairs, tables and child sized