Nawattaphume School - Nursery Section

Children form themselves in relation to their environment. Our Montessori Nursery regards education as beginning at birth. We don't force the intellectual development of children but strongly believe in a natural unfolding of the child's intelligence, which must be aided by the adult, always as a result of observing the child and following the path of natural development. Our experienced and caring staff understands educating young children as an "aid to life".

The Montessori Teaching Method

Maria Montessori was born in Italy in 1870 and was the first woman in Italy to receive a medical degree. Her revolutionary teaching method is based on these three principles:

Preparing the most natural and life supporting environment for the child

Observing the child living freely in this environment

Continually adapting the environment in order that the child may fulfill his/ her greatest potential - physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

Here is an explantion of the Montessori teaching method in her own words:

Scientific observation has established that education is not what the teacher gives; education is a natural process spontaneously carried out by the human individual, and is acquired not by listening to words but by experiences upon the environment. The task of the teacher becomes that of preparing a series of motives of cultural activity, spread over a specially prepared environment, and then refraining from obtrusive interference. Human teachers can only help the great work that is being done, as servants help the master. Doing so, they will be witnesses to the unfolding of the human soul and to the rising of a New Man who will not be a victim of events, but will have the clarity of vision to direct and shape the future of human society.

- Maria Montessori, Education for a New World

If you would like more information about the Montessori teaching method, click below to visit the official Montessori website:

http://www.montessori.edu/