What is Montessori education?

Experiential learning or learning by doing is an essential part of Montessori teaching. Tested in a traditional classroom environment to assimilate, books for students and teachers facts from lectures and memorize them. The children really understand what they have saved or are they just regurgitate facts that have no meaning? Think back to your childhood history and geography classes, is there anything? Do you remember the factshave been tested?

experiential learning and cultural awareness: Imagine if instead of reading history and geography of Venezuela, a parent was raised in your teaching in a traditional dress Venezuelan and presented a lecture on their country's history and geography. That would be something to remember, and that is exactly how some students met Montessori Latin culture. Some Latin parents met for the first annual Latin Culture Day. ThisCultural immersion was a wonderful, what children learn in their classes already with their teachers supplement.

Day of the Latin culture is one of many experiential learning opportunities for students in a local Montessori school on a regular basis. They learn about the Chinese New Year celebration in the classroom with their Chinese peers. Indian parents in making Diwali lights to celebrate the Hindu festival of Diwali with the children. As a result of this continuouscultural immersion, children have a broad global consciousness. You will understand the ability to have respect and appreciate differences in people, to meet and work with, train, and will serve their way through this world.

experiential learning, and compassion: the experiential learning is not limited to cultural awareness in schools Montessori: In a traditional school, students could learn to sew in home economics, but in some schools MontessoriStudents have to do much more than learning how to operate a sewing machine. In some periods, in a spirit of compassion and peace, upper elementary students make quilts for wounded soldiers home from Iraq. According to the Brookings Iraq Index, more than 31,000 U.S. soldiers were wounded in Iraq between March 3003 and January 2010. CNN reported that, on average, more than 45 wounded soldiers back to the U.S. every day.

When childrensee how the sewing machine, learning how to run it, cut the fabric and sew the top, I am aware of the news on CNN they saw wounded soldiers returning from Iraq. Along with the quilts, students will send letters of appreciation for the service of soldiers' to their country.

"I heard, I know. I see I remember. I think I understand" Confucius ~