Monlessori Concepls ond Definilions
oreos ol lhe clossroom: Procticol Life or Exercises for Doily Living; Sensoriol or Exercises for ihe
Refinement of ihe Senses; Molhemotics; Longuoge; ond Culturol (Sociol Studies - history,
geogrophy, science, bolony, zoology)
cosmic educotlon: lhe concept of oiding the child's developmenl lo become o iolol being
devlollon: lock of hormony in the child's psyche; opposite of normolizotion *
dldocllc molerlols: self{eoching moteriols; Montessori colled il o "diolog belween the child ond
lhe moleriol"
Dlrectress/Dlreclor: femole/mole teocher; Montessori's "dynomic link between the child ond the
environmenl"
inner guide: lhe child onswers lo ii in the selection of oclivities
lesson, ports of lhe:
- moteriols
preporolion: leocher's knowledge of child's "pre-requisiles"
- conlrol of enor or self-conecling: o feoture mode inlo o moleriol or exercise thot mokes
il right; e.9., there is only one woy for oll len pieces to fil; or, lhe moleriol is messy ond not
reody for the nexl person to use
- point of interesl: e.g.. lhe sound of the beods os lhey ore poured from pilcher to pilcher
- child
- purpose, direct ond indirect: e.9., moleriol hos len pieces of groduoted sizes; the direcl
oim is visuol perception of dimension, ond the indirect oims ore preporolion for
moihemoticol mind ond developmenl of sequentiol order
- longuoge or vocobulory
- voriolions ond exlensions
o child which includes joyfulness, self-relionce, initiotive, selfdeterminotion, obility to moke decisions, construclive behovior, elc.; opposite of deviolion "
normolizollon: the ideol for
OCCI: order, concentrotion, coordinotion ond independence ore lhe gools of ihe Prepored
Environment
Prepored Environmenl: o Montessori clossroom designed for o poriiculor oge ronge; foslers
independence; oids child's development through inleroctions with oppropriote moleriols ond
ociivilies; geored to his/her inierests ond physicol size; componenis: leocher, olmosphere,
rnoleriols, physicol orrongement
Sensitive Peilod: period of leorning/development during which o child is poriiculorly sensilive ond
responsive lo o specific stimulus; e.9., lhere is o lime when o child loves lo rhyme
Ihree - Perlod lesgon:
'This is
_."
'Show me
_."
"Whoi
is
this?"; e.9., "red"
work the children's exercises ond oclivilies
*terms seldom used wiih porents - too touchy
Rivers Bend AEYC
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Annuol Spring Cuniculum Conference
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Noncy K. Bush