Incorporating Montessori Principles Into Your Early Years Environments - A Guide to Following the Child

Incorporating Montessori Principles into Your Early Years Environments will allow readers to understand the developing child in their early years setting and how to adapt a Montessori approach to meet their pupils' needs.

List of contents

1. The Montessori Approach
2. Montessori Early Years: The Child, the Adult, and the Prepared Environment
3. Observation
4. The Planes of Development and the Absorbent Mind
5. The Sensitive Periods
6. The prepared Environment
7. Play Is Work
8. Freedom Within Limits
9. Hands-On Learning
10. Independence
11. Respect
12. Language
13. Mathematics
14. Movement and Wellbeing
15. Social and Emotional Development
16. Making It Work in Your Environment

About the author

Sarah Cummins is Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Leeds Trinity University, UK.

Summary

Incorporating Montessori Principles into Your Early Years Environments will allow readers to understand the developing child in their early years setting and how to adapt a Montessori approach to meet their pupils’ needs.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Cummins
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032739625
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3273962-5
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Counseling / General, teacher training, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Education: care & counselling of students, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, Counselling and care of students