Montessori Moments: 5 Quotes by a Celebrated Educator That Actually Matter
I’m not just referring to fulfilling their basic physical needs, but also the importance of nurturing a child’s inner life.The following quotes from the book, The Child in the Family, are attributed to Dr. Maria Montessori — a physician, and educator from the early 1900s.She promoted an education philosophy that places the child at its core. This approach eventually developed into the Montessori Method.One of Montessori’s ideas of ‘defects’ refers to the strong need for order that young children have. As we get older and turn into adults, keeping things orderly becomes less important to us. But for young children, it’s their innate mechanism to understand the world around them.They thrive on predictable patterns. They really like things to be the same way every time, in the same place, and never get tired of repeating the same process over and over.This is exactly what materialized with my son, Isaiah, when he was two years old. Here’s what happened.Isaiah really liked playing with a piggy bank shaped like an elephant that sat on the top shelf of our bookshelf. When I realized how much he liked it, I moved it to the lowest shelf so he could reach it easily.
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