The basic principles and teaching methods of Montessori education were formed at the beginning of the twentieth century and developed rapidly in the past century. It originated from the western humanistic spirit and democratic tradition, so it was deeply branded with the western cultural tradition. Traditional education here refers to the inherent mode of educational concepts and methods formed over thousands of years, especially a set of preschool education and teaching system formed on the basis of oriental Confucian cultural tradition.

Early education concept: Montessori education free learning principle based on self-humanization: traditional education emphasizes knowledge imparting and skill training, but ignores children's personality development.

Teaching center: Montessori education and teaching is child-centered. Teachers inspire and guide children according to their inner needs of life and mental growth, and children learn by themselves, understand and find problems, and sum up the internal relations and laws of things; In traditional education and teaching, teachers are the center and teachers' teaching is the main body. Children have lost the process of self-development, self-summary and self-cognition.

Team building: Montessori education is divided into mixed age groups to promote the common development of children of all ages; Traditional education is divided into classes according to different age groups, generally divided into large, medium and small classes.

Class form: different forms of Montessori education and learning environment, so that children can choose according to their inherent potential; Traditional education is taught in groups at the same time and place.

Course content: Montessori education pursues different subjects and different development speeds at the same time; Traditional education must study and study the same subject and theme at the same time.

Time requirement: Montessori education allows children to do long-term and valuable concentration; Traditional education uses courses and fixed time to control children's study time.

Learning approach: Montessori education is a direct contact with the environment, through a large number of systematic teaching AIDS and numerous learning methods, so that every child can get his own position and learn knowledge through sensory experience; Traditional teaching AIDS are relatively simple, and teachers let children learn mainly by imparting knowledge, with little sensory experience.

Sensitive period of children: Montessori education provides corresponding conditions according to the sensitive period of children, so that children's abilities in all aspects can be developed rapidly; Traditional education ignores the sensitive period of children and slows down their development in all aspects.

Teaching effect: Montessori Education 1) Independent, enterprising, self-disciplined and creative; 2) After going to school, mathematics is absolutely excellent; 3) It can lay a good and solid foundation for children's all-round development; Unified education is not necessarily.