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On Montessori's Preschool Education Thought and Its Significance.
A: (1) About children's development. Montessori attaches importance to early education. She believes that children's psychological development has rhythm, stages and regularity, and the impulse to emphasize vitality is the driving force of children's psychological development. At the same time, she stressed that the normal development of children's psychology must rely on the timely and reasonable arrangement of environment and education. (2) About the educational environment and freedom, discipline and work. Montessori believes that children should be provided with a "prepared environment". The so-called "prepared environment" is the real environment to meet children's needs, the environment to provide activities and exercise for children's physical and mental development, and the environment full of freedom, love, nutrition, happiness and convenience. Montessori put forward that the basic principle of real science education is to give students freedom, that is, to allow children to express themselves individually and spontaneously according to their own nature. (3) The content of preschool education. Montessori proposed that the contents of preschool education mainly include: first, sensory education. Attaching importance to children's sensory (or sensory) training and intelligence training is an important feature of Children's Home and a major feature of Montessori method. Montessori attaches great importance to sensory education. Her sensory education mainly includes the training of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, among which touch practice is the main one. Second, practice reading, writing and calculating. Montessori believes that children aged 3-6 have the ability to learn cultural knowledge, which is consistent with the psychological characteristics of absorbing children. Educators should use this ability to prepare suitable teaching materials and teaching AIDS for children and provide correct learning methods. Third, real-life exercises, also known as "muscle education" or "action education". Mainly includes the following items: First, the practice of daily life skills. Through the practice of daily life skills, children's self-care ability can be cultivated, which in turn helps to form their independence. The second item, gardening activities, advocates that children should engage in more free activities in nature. The third item, manual labor, mainly refers to painting and bricklaying. Masons can not only practice hand movements, but also provide an expression for children. The fourth item, gymnastics.