“To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will enable him to develop freely.”
Maria Montessori
Besides freedom, prepared environment is one of the most important aspects of Montessori education. Maria Montessori’s grandson, Mario Montessori. Jr in his book “Education for Human Development: Understanding Montessori” explains some general requirements for a Montessori classroom. Not only it should be attractive and aesthetically, but it also should stimulates the interest of the children – it must appeal to a child’s whole personality and finally it also should contain materials purposely constructed to help child’s own self-construction.
Knowing how to set up a prepared environment is a very important skills that a Montessori teacher must have and during our Montessori Basic Training workshop last month, together we learned how to set up a Montessori classroom.
The participants were working in the group creating a classroom layout. With our pencils, markers and papers we shared our idea on designing the classroom that embodies the principle aspects of a Montessori prepared environment.
