EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT

Lesson 29: Different types of Early Childhood Care Centers

Montessori

Maria Montessori developed this method for slum children in Rome. The basic principles of Montessori are

• Every child has the capacity within him for his own development.
• Environment can modify development by helping or hindering it.
• The child develops through a series of stages. At each stage he
  requires a new type of learning experience.
• Freedom of action allows the child to seek out situations from which he can learn.
• The child must be moulded by himself rather than be moulded by an adult.
• The role of the school is to create an environment where the child has an opportunity to learn, based on his developmental needs.

Her programme includes practical life activities, sensory training, nature study, intellectual activities, language activities, pre reading, pre writing and pre numbering activities.