Children are in the habit of constantly learning
from their surrounding environment. This process is very important and
fundamental as he will be doing all of these in his future. The philosophy of
Montessori always describes these activities as works and the objects which are
generally used to teach them the skills in the Montessori schools as materials.
This is the very reason that the objects are referred to as the Montessori materials rather than
Montessori toys.
These materials are very widely used in the
Montessori schools so as to help the children in developing their basic skills
and senses. It is generally seen that in the Montessori schools, the Montessori
materials are arranged on low and open shelves so that the children are easily
attracted towards it and they can reach out to them as per their convenience
and when they wish to do so. Also the teachers of the Montessori schools make
it a point to the children to handle all the materials carefully, slowly and
respectfully as if they are made of gold. This is done to develop the sense of
discipline amongst the students. In this way the preschool aged infants are
trusted to handle all the things and even the fragile items all by themselves
consciously and independently.
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