Teaching the Child the “Real Thing” At Peace Garden Montessori
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09 Aug Teaching the Child the “Real Thing” At Peace Garden Montessori

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Teaching the “real thing” is an important Montessori principle.  During our nature walks, we stop and observe things– be it creatures or plant life.  The child is exposed to the whole of nature sensorially.  We give the child the real thing and in doing so they can experience it and understand it. In the classroom, the child dives in deeper as these observations and experiences are manipulated using materials. Some of these materials are in the form of puzzles and nomenclature cards. The child is able to then truly look at the different parts it entails and learn them.  

Then we take the hand of the child once again and show them the real leaf, the real butterfly, the real flower– this time the child has internalized the parts without aid of materials!  Just by what’s around them! 

At  Peace Garden Montessori, your child will be able to work in both indoor and outdoor classrooms all year round to absorb the world around them.  

Stay tuned for a “real” post on the process by which children absorb the real thing.  

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