The Montessori approach was designed to help children grow by letting them explore the world around them. Classrooms are called "prepared environments" where children's innate zeal for learning is encouraged allowing them opportunities to choose among an array of purposeful activities to work on with the guidance of a trained adult.
The method is based on the child's imperious need to learn by doing and has a profound
respect for the child's personality.
It enables the teacher to deal
with each child individually
in each subject.

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