once again sorry for delay as i study, study and study just to
make sure that every info that i put in front of you is authentic! and
beneficial for you parents out there....
well if you've been following my blog u must have learned that 0 to 6 years
of age is the time when a child develops his basic nature !
within Maria Montessori’s framework due to her studies with children, she has observed the occurrence of sensitive periods. In other pedagogies it can get called developmental milestones or windows of opportunities. It is those periods in the child’s life when a certain ability manifests itself strongly. For example every child knows how to suck milk to satisfy his hunger and survive. He knows how to cry in order to communicate needs to the mother. He moves his limbs alot to strenghten his muscles. he begins to put hands in his mouth when he is about six months of age. he does so because a strange sensation begins in his mouth. this urge to put things in the mouth is natural and has a purpose.... the purpose of preparing and developing gums to bear teeth. similarly child crawls and tries to walk without anyone teaching him, no matter how many times he falls off, out of a strong inner urge. in other words, nature has its own way to make children reach maximum development. During these periods the child has an especially strong sensitivity towards a particular piece of knowledge or skill. The sensitivity lasts for a certain period and does not reoccur ever! (once a period is passed there is no way to teach children certain skill to his maximum potential)
can we say, that the child will have difficulty bearing teeth or will not proper healthy teeth if we just dont let him put anything in the mouth. Or the child will not achieve proper balance or will have difficulty walking for the rest of his life if we just tie him up for a few months when the urge to walk is on him. The answer is yes, there are examples when a child had an accident just when he was about to walk. the legs were plastered and the child could not practice walking when the urge was there and later on in life he had trouble walking. Simply it is a period of time in which the child concentrates mainly on one aspect of his environment and excludes everything else. This is when we see a child repeatedly does an activity with passion and conviction per se, and it seems like nothing can deter them to accomplishing that task until it is satisfied. It is a time of intense concentration and mental activity on developing a particular skill at that particular time, age / phase in growth. It is driven unconsciously by an inner force that the best way an adult can support this passion is to prepare the environment and encourage this special time of learning.
This can also be used as basic guidelines as to when a child is ready to learn and when to introduce certain items to children. This can also be determined by observing the child for when they are focused on a certain type of work and follow the child’s interest.
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