In the Montessori classroom, young children are normally drawn first to the Practical Life area because these materials are most familiar to them. The practical life exercises have objects and materials normally encountered in everyday living experiences such as dusting, pouring, dressing, sweeping, washing, folding clothes and etc.
Practical Life activities help child to develop independence, adaptation, coordination, concentration, a sense of order and many more.
Through the Practical Life exercises, the child develops the self-confidence essential for mastery of the other more advanced areas of the Montessori classroom.
The Sensorial area consists of materials which is scientifically prepares that educate and refine the child’s senses which helps the child understand and appreciate the world around him. A primary purpose of the Sensorial Exercises is that “the child train himself to observe, that he be led to make comparisons between objects, to form judgments, to reason and to decide” (Dr. Maria Montessori in Dr. Montessori‘s Own Handbook).
Nature has endowed the child with special potential to acquire and learn the language of his environment. It is one of the earliest acquisitions of the child. Language is an ability which the child learns after birth easily, naturally, spontaneously and unconsciously no matter whether it is simple or complex. Language comprises of spoken language, writing and reading
Learning mathematical concepts of Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry in a Montessori Environment is more of a sensorial experience rather than an abstract concept. Children learn mathematics using their senses; exploring and manipulating the material with their hands. Thus grasping these concepts at a very young age with long lasting effect.
To give children, the idea of Geography, History, Zoology, Botany, Science etc. As Dr. Montessori says “Man’s mission is to produce culture and child’s mission is to preserve it”.
