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Develop Academically to
Their Full Potential
In a Montessori school, children are given the opportunity to move from the
concrete learning environment, the development of motor skills and all the
senses through self teaching, self correcting materials into the abstract
world of ideas and concepts, all at their own pace. However, in order to be
successful and avoid frustration, children must be allowed to fully
experience the first stage before moving on to the second. Children must have
the concrete preparation before they are ready to develop academically to
their full potential.
"Explosion into
Learning"
It is usually in the third critical year, when children are about five years
old, when this progression occurs. It is referred to as the 'explosion into
learning'. This is the time when all the learning absorbed by children during
the two preceding years of Montessori training suddenly fits together. The
children begin to read, write, do math and show other bursts of intellectual
and emotional growth. Those who do not begin reading and writing in the third
year, usually do so the next, apparently with no effort because they have
experienced the preparation they required.
Reinforcing Good Habits
The longer children have to reinforce good habits and learning skills, the
higher the probability that they will be internalized and made a permanent
part of their development.
The Love of Learning
Learning habits established at a young age will make a difference in how
children perform later in school and beyond into their everyday life. A good
Montessori school cultivates qualities such as initiative, concentration,
self-discipline, a sense of order, completion of tasks, responsibility,
creative self-expression and the love of learning.
The Foundation of Learning
The third year in a Montessori foundation classroom is so productive -
everything the children have learned seems to fall into place and they are
ready to meet many new challenges. The foundation of learning is in place.
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