The biggest difference between Montessori kindergarten and ordinary kindergarten lies in the difference of educational concept. In the traditional kindergarten, the teacher is the center and the teacher's role is the lecturer. Teachers decide the daily teaching content according to the established teaching materials, give classes to students, and shape children's personality. Students passively accept and children adapt to adult teaching.
Montessori kindergarten is child-centered. Every child should be different and have innate vitality and creativity. In Montessori's educational philosophy, no one is taught by others, and everyone is self-taught. Children before the age of 6 have a natural ability to absorb knowledge, that is, "absorb the mind." With this ability, children can gain various influences and cultures in the subconscious and unconscious through close contact and emotional connection with the surrounding environment, thus shaping themselves and forming their own personality and certain behavior patterns.
At present, there are many kinds of kindergartens, such as public, private, bilingual, Montessori, Waldorf, foresight, various types and various education systems, which are undoubtedly dazzling for parents who choose kindergartens. When we are consulted by parents, we are often asked a question: What is the difference between Montessori kindergarten and ordinary kindergarten? Why do children go to Montessori kindergarten?
So, here we write an article to explain the difference between Montessori kindergarten and ordinary kindergarten. Montessori is one of the most famous preschool education schools in the world. It has a development history of 100 years abroad and has formed its own mature education system. Therefore, compared with ordinary kindergartens, there are still obvious differences.
First, the differences in educational concepts
The biggest difference between Montessori kindergarten and ordinary kindergarten lies in the difference of educational concept. In the traditional kindergarten, the teacher is the center and the teacher's role is the lecturer. Teachers decide the daily teaching content according to the established teaching materials, give classes to students, and shape children's personality. Students passively accept and children adapt to adult teaching.
Montessori kindergarten is child-centered. Every child should be different and have innate vitality and creativity. In Montessori's educational philosophy, no one is taught by others, and everyone is self-taught. Children before the age of 6 have a natural ability to absorb knowledge, that is, "absorb the mind." With this ability, children can gain various influences and cultures in the subconscious and unconscious through close contact and emotional connection with the surrounding environment, thus shaping themselves and forming their own personality and certain behavior patterns.
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Second, the difference between teaching methods
In addition to the teaching concept, the difference between Montessori kindergarten and traditional kindergarten is more obvious. Although ordinary kindergartens also offer a variety of teaching courses, they still follow the traditional teaching route in curriculum design and teaching mode, and teach a variety of courses in a traditional way. The teacher above talks and many children below listen. As for how much children have absorbed, it is actually impossible to consider.
The teaching method of Montessori kindergarten is child-centered. Teachers are observers, helpers and environmental preparers. Teachers will adopt different teaching methods according to the different development stages of each child. Therefore, in the Montessori Kindergarten in Bozan, Chongqing, one-on-one teaching method is adopted, so that children don't have to rush to make progress for missing classes, and they won't be depressed because others have learned but I can't. The whole teaching is child-centered, so that children can learn knowledge more freely, thus maintaining their enthusiasm for learning.
Third, the differences in teaching environment.
There are also many differences in environmental settings between Montessori kindergarten and ordinary kindergarten. From the general environment, when you walk into an ordinary kindergarten, you will be colorful, and all kinds of colors and decorations will come into your eyes, which makes people feel dizzying. Montessori kindergartens generally adopt a relatively simple, natural and elegant garden environment to provide children with more imagination and creative space. Therefore, only from the visual sense, you can see which kindergarten is ordinary and which is Montessori kindergarten.
In ordinary kindergartens, the setting of classroom environment usually only requires cleanliness, and other aspects do not pay much attention. In Montessori kindergarten, the classroom is the environment, which is a prepared environment for children. The "prepared environment" can make the embryonic children grow up smoothly. Therefore, the classroom environment of Chongqing Bozan Montessori Kindergarten is not only clean and tidy, but also orderly. For example, all teaching AIDS should be put in order, and children should put them back in their original positions after using them, and then carry out other activities. This is also the biggest feature of Montessori kindergarten children-sense of order. Through the cultivation of this sense of external order, help children develop a sense of internal order.
Fourth, the difference between teaching courses and teaching tools.
Teaching courses is undoubtedly the biggest advantage of Montessori kindergarten. After so many years of development, Montessori has established a very mature curriculum system. Chongqing Bozan Montessori Kindergarten adopts the courses selected by the Montessori Center in Britain, and offers courses such as daily life, sensory education, language education, mathematics education, scientific and cultural education (scientific experiment, history, geography, zoology, botany), art and creativity education, so that children can develop in many aspects.
Teaching tools are important auxiliary materials for children to receive education. Although ordinary kindergartens also have teaching tools, they are mainly taught by teachers, which are abstract for children. Secondly, there are some building toys, such as building blocks and inserts, but these can only cultivate children's ability in one aspect.
In Montessori kindergarten, Montessori teaching AIDS are one of the key elements of teaching. In a prepared environment, any teacher's carefully prepared teaching AIDS can help children develop in some way. These teaching AIDS cover all the above courses. Children's learning is to understand and accept knowledge by operating teaching AIDS, which is a process from concrete to abstract. The child-centered teaching method is not only beneficial to children's hands-on operation ability, but also can improve their autonomous learning ability.
Five, the difference between teaching teachers
Montessori kindergarten has very high requirements for teachers. In addition to the pre-school education professional college training, teachers also need to have some other abilities, such as good personal cultivation, good moral character, gentleness, courtesy and affinity; Secondly, teachers are required to have a wide range of knowledge, be good at learning and always maintain a positive enthusiasm for learning; Finally, the biggest difference from ordinary children is that teachers should have professional knowledge, which means Montessori major. Montessori is a professional discipline abroad. If it is only a short-term training, it is still difficult for teachers to understand its true meaning, and it is also difficult to remember the operation of Montessori's massive teaching AIDS, and they cannot help and guide children skillfully.
The bishop teachers of Chongqing Bozan Montessori Kindergarten have received professional training from Montessori College and have internationally recognized Montessori teaching qualifications. The head teacher has more than 65,438+00 years of teaching experience overseas, and can thoroughly implement Montessori's educational philosophy in daily life and teaching.
Sixth, the difference of teaching effect.
Based on the above differences, there must be some differences between the children trained in these two types of kindergartens. Especially in the cultivation of children's personality characteristics, perceptual skills, learning ability and sociality. The children who graduated from Montessori Kindergarten in Bozan, Chongqing are self-disciplined, happy, independent, confident, polite, kind and creative. They love learning all their lives and have more possibilities in the future. At the same time, there are also special studies in the world, which show that children from Montessori kindergarten are better than those from ordinary kindergartens in reading, mathematics, socialization, self-discipline, optimism, self-learning ability and moral concepts such as justice and fairness.
Through such a detailed comparison, it is not difficult to see the essential difference between Montessori kindergarten and ordinary kindergarten. As for how parents choose, they still need to be carefully considered. There is no absolute right or wrong whether to finish school step by step or to make children more independent and creative. It is best to choose one that suits your family environment and conditions.