After wrobel, Montessori's teaching thoughts and educational activities further developed the theory and experience of preschool education. Montessori paid attention to early education and children's development. Montessori's guiding ideology of children's activities, which requires the combination of hands and brains and the harmony of body and mind, is valuable and has worldwide influence. Her educational thoughts also reflected the requirements of new education and promoted the new education movement that rose in the 20th century.

(2) Main defects:

Due to the limitations of his idealistic views and the mechanical and formalistic nature of his educational methods, a scientific theoretical system for young children has not been formed. There are also some defects in his educational thought, such as: overemphasizing sensory training and ignoring the development of children's thinking ability; In theory, it is unrealistic to overemphasize children's so-called free activities and belittle the role of teachers, especially in early childhood education. It also ignores the poor self-control ability of children, and adults need appropriate control and guidance.

Montessori thought:

Montessori believes that children have an innate learning drive (helmet) and a strong ability to learn and absorb the surrounding environment (inner beauty of animal husbandry), which makes children constantly explore the environment from birth.

Under the influence of this inner driving force from the heart, children constantly explore the environment. As his proficiency in using his body increases, the scope of exploring the environment will also increase. The experience gained in the process of exploration will be absorbed and become the basis of higher-level intelligent learning activities in the future; The happiness and sense of accomplishment gained in exploration will actively support children's next exploration and form positive personality traits of self-confidence, positivity, independence and initiative.

For this reason, Montessori advocates not to blindly restrict children's freedom of activities, but to prepare an environment for children's freedom of activities as much as possible (Children's Home and Montessori teaching AIDS). This environment needs to support children's free exploration and development, nourish children's curiosity, form positive personality traits, and give children a basic framework concept and foundation for future learning.