Montessori School Education

• Origin: Developed by Maria Montessori in 1907, focusing on children’s natural curiosity and independence.

• Core Idea: Children learn best through self-directed activity in a prepared environment that encourages exploration.

• Prepared Environment: Classrooms are calm, orderly, and filled with hands-on materials that teach concepts through doing rather than memorizing.

• Teacher’s Role: The teacher acts as a guide or observer, not a lecturer — helping children when needed but allowing them to discover on their own.

• Mixed-Age Groups: Older and younger children learn together, encouraging cooperation, leadership, and empathy.

• Learning Style: Emphasizes sensory-based and practical learning — children move freely, choose tasks, and work at their own pace.

• No Traditional Grading: Focus is on personal progress and mastery, not competition or external rewards.

• Outcome: Montessori education fosters independence, concentration, responsibility, creativity, and intrinsic motivation.

In short: Montessori schools nurture self-directed learners by blending freedom with structure in a supportive, hands-on environment.