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It seems that recently there have been many people inquiring about
the difference between MONTESSORI and REGGIO EMILIA. Because
of this, we have put together the following article which comes from
Innovations In Early Education.
The visual arts of clay, paint, collage, drawing, wire and the
verbal arts of music, dance, movement, drama are not a
priority in the MONTESSORI classroom.
Createdforparents Createdbyparents
Montessoribelievedinthe Malaguzzibelievedchildrenwere
UniversalChild,orChildof deeplyembeddedinaparticular
theWorld culture
Strictdevelopmentalstages Beliefthatusingdevelopmental
stagesislimiting,evendamagingto
children
Preparedenvironment Amiableenvironment(thewhole
buildingandgroundsformthe
environment)
Meetstheneedsofthechild Meetstheneedsofthefamily
Materialsdesignedfor Materialsarepartoftheenvironment
particularconcepts naturalitems,artsupplies,etc.
Teacheraslinkbetweenchild Teacherascolearner
andenvironment Personalityformedbysocialcontext
Personalityformedby Focusonconnectionbetweenchild
experience andenvironment(interdependent)
Focusonautonomyand Basedoncommunicationand
independence relationships
Basedonfreedom Documentation
Observation Listenstolearnwhathappensnext
Observestoseewhat
happensnext
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waldorf-part-1/