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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chapter 4: Guiding instincts and freedom of action make the difference between animals and humans. Chapter 3: Taking into account the childs psyche is the key to education. ![]() Relieved from the emotional strain of competition and fear, the child becomes stable, confident and happy. Chapter 1: SUMMARY: The Secret Of Childhood By Maria Montessori. Given the method of free choice of work and materials, the concentration is high and the need for punishment and reward is not necessary. The adult, Montessori claims, must play a low-key role all is free and open for the child, who chooses his own materials to work with, and learns from them because they interest him. The essence of the Montessori Method lies in: observing, helping, presenting, rather than teaching or forcing. The adult should be determined to learn from the children rather than to force their own ideas on them. The second part of the book gives an account of the first “Casa dei Bambini” about the essence of the Montessori Method. In this classic work she expounds her conviction that in the child there are laws of growth in character and disposition as marked as those in his physical life. First, Montessori talks about the new-born child who is not only a body ready to function as a body, but also has a spiritual embryo with latent psychic capacities. The book The Secret of Childhood is divided in three sections, dealing in turn with early childhood development, the author’s educational method, and the relation of the child to society. ![]()
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