My favorite famous woman has been Maria Montessori for over three decades now. Her fame arises from her research into infants, and how they could blossom given simple freedom to choose. She understood if children are allowed\u2014given respect\u2014to play, or work\u2014at their own pace on whatever material, toy or tool, they choose with free will; then concentration will form, attention to detail will be sparked; confidence blossom, and the unique self of the human being is born. Dr. Montessori developed environments for young children, ages 2-6, to draw from. She developed and provided materials that the children would be drawn to; beautiful, durable manipulations that the child would play with, work with, experiment with. Each child develops at their own pace\u2014in their own time\u2014so the environment or classroom was designed to be a self-directed learning environment\u2014depending on each child’s sensitive period. They may pour water, testing weight and capacity, they may draw, trace, paste, cut with pencil paint and scissors. They may build with blocks, they may sit quietly and watch\u2014observe the other children\u2014wait for just the right time to choose to begin. Maria Montessori discovered the human soul that is innate in every child born\u2014she not only discovered it, she found the soil, the water, the nutrients to enable the psyche to grow, to flourish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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