1. Free activities: Montessori teaching emphasizes free development. No matter in educational content or teaching methods, we should pay attention to children's interests and needs and let them choose and explore freely.
2. Open environment: Montessori classrooms are usually arranged and organized in an open environment, allowing children to walk freely and choose the learning equipment they need, so that children have more room for self-development.
3. Child-centered: The core idea of Montessori's teaching is to take children as the center, that is, to respect and understand children's interests, personalities and needs, to give full play to children's potential and creativity, and to understand and guide children through interactive communication.
4. Willpower training: On the one hand, Montessori teaching pays attention to the cultivation and exercise of children's willpower, especially in the stage when children are close to the sensitive period, training children's self-control, self-control and self-correction ability.
5. Practical teaching: Montessori teaching attaches importance to real life and practical experience, especially when dealing with social life and environmental problems, emphasizing children's personal experiences and feelings, so that children can understand problems and solutions from practice.
6. Personalized education: Montessori teaching pays attention to personalized education, that is, it adapts to the personality differences of different children's development stages, interpersonal relationships and learning rhythm. Guide children to develop themselves and ensure the fairness and sustainability of education.
7. Self-evaluation: In Montessori teaching, children usually get feedback through self-evaluation rather than external evaluation. Children learn and grow through self-correction, which can help them maintain self-confidence, independence and sense of responsibility.
8. Experiential teaching: Montessori education is not limited to knowledge transmission on paper, but also emphasizes children's real experience. Taking life skills experience education as an important direction, let children learn and explore in practice, promote the flexible use of knowledge and enhance the effectiveness of learning.
9. Early childhood education: Montessori education emphasizes early childhood education from infancy, pays attention to cultivating children's self-confidence, independence, exploration and cooperation, and aims at sustainable high-quality early childhood education.
10, nature education: Montessori teaching attaches importance to environment and nature education, and thinks that children should enhance their self-ability by living in the natural environment. At the same time, the design of the environment and the introduction of natural elements can also enable children to exercise their observation, imagination and creativity.
Detailed explanation of Montessori teaching
1, child-centered: The education process is child-centered, aiming at cultivating their independence and self-management ability and helping them find their interests and advantages in their studies.
2. Free activities: Montessori education emphasizes the freedom of children's activities and allows them to study in the environment of their choice. The teaching environment is called "Montessori classroom", and there are various tools and materials in the classroom area, which provides a good environment for children to choose and explore freely.
3. Sensory training: Montessori education focuses on children's sensory training, which can promote children's intellectual development.
4. Diversification of educational content: The educational content of Montessori education is rich and colorful, including natural and social environment, self-expression, art, mathematics, science and so on. The teaching content is closely combined with daily life and practical experience, including painting, music, dance and other art forms.
5. Observation and guidance: Montessori education attaches great importance to observation and guidance. Teachers will observe children's performance in various activities, respect children's interests and abilities, give encouragement and help, and guide children to better explore their potential.
Montessori education pays attention to "freedom of education" and children's independent thinking and learning ability. The education process is full of the characteristics of freedom and individualized teaching. Children can freely choose and explore what they are interested in, thus stimulating their learning passion and creativity.