Do-it-yourself Montessori technique: we organize the development environment at home

The technique of Maria Montessori is deservedly very popular among parents. Confirmation of this is a large number of specialized kindergartens and schools. If mothers and fathers have no opportunity to send a child to such a kindergarten, but have a desire to educate him with the help of Montessori pedagogy, you can organize a developmental environment at home. Today we will tell you how best to do it.

A detailed article about the technique of Maria Montessori - The technique of Maria Montessori: basic principles, advantages and disadvantages

We make a reservation that the home Montessori class is intended for children from three years. The basic principles and ideas of the classic Montessori method can be embodied only from this age. It is a three-year-old child who begins to realize his own independence, and adults should not indicate, but gently help his development. Hence the famous slogan: “Help me do it myself!”

We divide the children's room into zones

1. Practical life

Here you should collect materials that help children develop self-care skills - buttoning, tying shoelaces, cleaning clothes and shoes, washing dishes. The classic set includes:

• frames with various types of fasteners (lacing, buttons, velcro);
• dishes;
• brushes, basins, clothespins;
• jars for transferring and transfusion;
• cleaning kits - sponges, dustpan and broom.

The list of things, as we see, is simple and straightforward. In an ordinary hardware store, you can buy almost everything except frames with clasps. You can make them yourself - there are many schemes for manufacturing on the Internet. Well here is an example of a framework (this development board is called business board, and how to do it yourself read here):

2. Sensory development

Benefits in this area help kids get to know the basic properties of objects: color, shape, weight, sounds, smells and temperature. Your home may have the following items:

• nesting dolls, pyramids;
• sachets (flavored pillows);
• beads, lego details, buttons, differing in shape and color;
• pieces of fabric (silk, satin, knitwear, etc.);
• color cardboard of various shades;
• noise jars filled with cereals, salt;
• different in volume bottles with caps;
• magic bags with small trinkets.

3. Math zone

Exercises and objects in this zone are designed to form children's knowledge about numbers, about basic operations - addition, subtraction. We prepare the following materials:

• rough numbers;
• wooden or plastic abacus;
• boards or cartons with the simplest mathematical calculations;
• counting sticks;
• large beads or chips;
• lotto with numbers.

4. Language zone

This should include materials that show the form and type of spelling of the letters of the Russian language.These subjects will help children learn to write and read. So, we post here:

• box office letters and syllables;
• sets of uppercase and block letters;
• rough letters;
• children's literature, for example, from the series “My First Books”;
• a box with a decoy for training fingers (compress and unclench fists with groats; with your fingertip, draw wavy lines, circles, and then letters);
• the pencils;
• cards with words, lotto, dominoes for the development of speech.

5. Space zone

In this zone there are objects responsible for the formation of the child's ideas about our world, nature. You can help children by providing the following materials:

• geographic Maps;
• children's encyclopedias about animals, plants, stars, man;
• books about nature;
• a set of stones (river pebbles, beautiful pebbles that can be brought from trips to the lake and the sea);
• shells;
• figures and pictures of wild and domestic animals.

Creating a Montessori Home Environment - Some Concrete Steps

For classes according to the methodology, it is necessary to divide the nursery so that the baby can easily find and get the necessary subject without your instruction. To do this, you need to put each allowance in the right place, thereby dividing the room and ensuring zoning of the room.

1. Sorting. Disassemble all the toys and sort them according to their purpose - to improve fine motor skills, sensations, speech, mathematical skills, etc. After this sorting, you will see which materials are many and which are too few.
2. Equipment zones. You need to place benefits so that they are always available for children. The best option - shelves or plastic shelves for the growth of the baby. However, do not forget about safety rules - with small items that a child can swallow, you should play under your control.
3. Picking. Of course, a lot of materials will be required. You can purchase ready-made benefits (this is quite expensive), pick up analogues in hardware stores or make them yourself.

Photos of examples of rooms equipped according to the Montessori method:

DIY Montessori Materials

The preparation of developmental aids at home does not take much time, saves significant amounts of money, because it is made from improvised or even unnecessary materials. Here are just a few simple options.

• Tissue box. Pick up two shreds of fabrics of different texture. Put them in the box, having previously demonstrated and letting the child touch it. The goal of the assignment is to touch to get identical rags out of the box.
• The magic bag. Sew a small bag, put there 10 small things familiar to the baby, and ask them with their eyes closed to determine what they are pulling out of the tactile bag. Another option for the task - offer to get a certain thing: a spoon, a button, a keg from the lotto.
• Fragrant sachet. Make a sachet filled with pharmacy herbs, dried zest of oranges, coffee beans. Cotton pads are suitable for pads. Teach your kids to recognize and recognize different flavors.
• Lids. Take six different size and volume jars with lids. Open the lids and put all the items in one large container. Have the children pick the appropriate lid for each jar.
• Grungy letters. Print the alphabet - vowels on red paper and consonants on blue. Glue them on thick cardboard and place them under the press. On the contour, coat with PVA glue, pour on top with semolina, and then dry. After drying, apply another layer of PVA to secure the semolina. According to the same scheme, you can make rough numbers.

So, you have done work on zoning the room and creating a home development environment, but do not stop there. Be sure to purchase literature for parents that details specific Montessori exercises: “Geniuses are taught from birth. Montessori system at home ”,“ Practical Montessori Pedagogy: a book for teachers and parents ”, books from the series“ Montessori Home School ”.

A useful book to help you -60 lessons with a child according to the Montessori method

And one more important point. While studying with the baby at home, do not forget that children should move on to a new task only by completing the previous one and returning the working material to their place!

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