https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb "The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult." - Maria Montessori, The Secret of Childhood en-us 2021-11-17 10:49:46 UTC 2025-02-21 17:29:42 UTC hello@padlet.com yuzy0801 https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896590367 2021-11-17 11:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896590367 yuzy0801 https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896594738 2021-11-17 11:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896594738 yuzy0801 https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896603454 "The environment of the usual home is made for adults, and therefore adapted to the adult's needs and mode of living and not the child's" (Standing, 1998, p.266). What the prepared environment does initially when a child comes into a classroom, it gives a child a sense of safety because everything is at their level and their size. "The light and easily moved tables, chairs, and armchairs permit a child to choose the most convenient position. He can make himself comfortable, rather than sit in his place, and this is at once an indication of his inner freedom and a further means of education" (Montessori, 1986, p.59).

]]> 2021-11-17 11:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896603454 yuzy0801 https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896682431 "Order should pervade the Montessori classroom down to the smallest detail, being present wholly and completely in each part, as a spirit is present in every part of the body which it informs" (Standing, 1998, p.170). Every day when a child comes in, they know where things are because they are always in the same place. Consistency leads to the safety for deeper learning. ]]> 2021-11-17 12:13:21 UTC https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896682431 yuzy0801 https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896699808 2021-11-17 12:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896699808 yuzy0801 https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896715321 "It goes without saying that we should make this prepared environment as beautiful as possible ... The need for providing the children with the right kind of activities should override any purely aesthetic considerations" (Standing, 1998, p.268).]]> 2021-11-17 12:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896715321 yuzy0801 https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896755629 You will find multi-age groupings of children in a Montessori classroom.  Children tend to learn more from their peers than from adults.  "...one can always go for an intellectual walk!" (Montessori, 1995, p.227).  "Our schools are alive. To understand what the older ones are doing fills the little ones with enthusiasm. The older ones are happy to be able to teach what they know" (Montessori, 1995, p.228). ]]> 2021-11-17 12:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896755629 yuzy0801 https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896800943 2021-11-17 13:12:49 UTC https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896800943 yuzy0801 https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896914094 2021-11-17 13:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896914094 yuzy0801 https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896993550 Montessori classroom is warm and welcoming and put children at ease. It is supposed to look like a home. Therefore, it is called a children’s house, not a classroom. "The room should not be too big or it will lose its feeling of homeliness" (Standing, 1998, p.277). ]]> 2021-11-17 14:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/yuzy0801/3oz0vr8c83e8hiqb/wish/1896993550