The Necessity of Sensory Education
Dr. Montessori advocated sensory education for children and expounded the necessity of sensory education for children. The development of advanced spiritual (intelligent) activities must be based on the development of feeling.
Sensory sensitive period
3~6 years old is a period of children's rapid physical development, and it is also a sensitive period of children's sensory development. In this period, children must receive proper sensory training to promote their spiritual development, which is Dr. Montessori's sensory education.
Sensory sensitive period
Dr Montessori believes that children's physical and mental development is not completely continuous, but sometimes rapid and sometimes gentle. In the process of children's physical and mental development, there is a period when they are completely attracted by external stimuli, and this period just belongs to the stage of 3-6 years old. It is a period of rapid development of various senses (vision, touch, hearing, smell and taste) closely related to intelligence, and it can also be said that it is a sensitive period to cultivate sensory activities in the process of cognitive development.
Characteristics of sensory sensitive period
This stage is the most sensitive stage for children to stimulate, with strong sensory characteristics. For example, children in this period are particularly interested in size, color, shape, weight and sound.
Holistic education of children's physical and mental development
Montessori education is a kind of holistic education, which mainly involves education in five fields: daily life, senses, mathematics, language, science and culture in China. All knowledge must be obtained through the use and contact of sensory organs in order to achieve the effect of learning.