Infants 0-3
AN ABSORBING MIND
"The child absorbs its surroundings. It takes everything from its surroundings and incarnates it in him/herself (...)The child builds itself using its surroundings." (M. Montessori, The Secret of Childhood)
From birth, children experience things through their senses, which their absorbing mind organizes into knowledge. At first, almost immobile, they observe and listen; then they begin to move, drawn by their surroundings, touching, and perceiving with all their other senses. Free, spontaneous, unhindered movement is thus the key to understanding and processing, even at a still unconscious level. The Montessori environment is scientifically designed, from the first months of life, to offer children opportunities for experience and work that develop and acquire crucial skills: from the development of visual discrimination to the refinement of all the senses; from linguistic skills to the ability to concentrate and the development of the mathematical mind.
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Offered approximately from about 20 months of age, this material prepares the child for practical life activities. Working with this material allows the child to explore objects, define the first hand movements and organize a sequence of gestures with precision; it also increases personal confidence, promotes concentration and, by refining fine motor...
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Offered approximately from about 20 months of age, this material prepares the child for practical life activities. Working with this material allows the child to explore objects, define the first hand movements and organize a sequence of gestures with precision; it also increases personal confidence, promotes concentration and, by refining fine motor...
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Offered approximately from about 20 months of age, this material prepares the child for practical life activities. Working with this material allows the child to explore objects, define the first hand movements and organize a sequence of gestures with precision; it also increases personal confidence, promotes concentration and, by refining fine motor...
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Offered approximately from about 20 months of age, this material prepares the child for practical life activities. Working with this material allows the child to explore objects, define the first hand movements and organize a sequence of gestures with precision; it also increases personal confidence, promotes concentration and, by refining fine motor...
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Offered approximately from about 20 months of age, this material prepares the child for practical life activities. Working with this material allows the child to explore objects, define the first hand movements and organize a sequence of gestures with precision; it also increases personal confidence, promotes concentration and, by refining fine motor...
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Offered approximately from about 20 months of age, this material prepares the child for practical life activities. Working with this material allows the child to explore objects, define the first hand movements and organize a sequence of gestures with precision; it also increases personal confidence, promotes concentration and, by refining fine motor...
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Offered approximately from about 20 months of age, this material prepares the child for practical life activities. Working with this material allows the child to explore objects, define the first hand movements and organize a sequence of gestures with precision; it also increases personal confidence, promotes concentration and, by refining fine motor...
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Offered approximately from about 20 months of age, this material prepares the child for practical life activities. Working with this material allows the child to explore objects, define the first hand movements and organize a sequence of gestures with precision; it also increases personal confidence, promotes concentration and, by refining fine motor...
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The work of pouring is invaluable for the acquisition of multiple skills. It is offered to the child starting, approximately, from 18 months, initially with solid objects of progressively decreasing size (cork stoppers, walnuts, hazelnuts, rice, etc.). The work of decanting allows the child to acquire the ability to hold attention and concentration, to...
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The work of pouring is invaluable for the acquisition of multiple skills. It is offered to the child starting, approximately, from 18 months, initially with solid objects of progressively decreasing size (cork stoppers, walnuts, hazelnuts, rice, flour, etc.). The work of decanting allows the child to acquire the ability to hold attention and...
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The work of pouring is invaluable for the acquisition of multiple skills. It is offered to the child starting, approximately, from 18 months, initially with solid objects of progressively decreasing size (cork stoppers, walnuts, hazelnuts, rice, etc.). The work of decanting allows the child to acquire the ability to hold attention and concentration, to...
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Starting from 24 months of age, the child is offered the activity of washing the doll, which allows him to develop and refine multiple skills: to actively collaborate in the care of the environment, to control in a refined way the movements of the hand and body satisfying his inner need to act as he sees the adult do. This work also allows him to...
