Impacts of "Play" in Montessori Education

If you have ever had the opportunity to observe children who are part of a program at a Montessori school, you will find that all the work they go about doing has the defining characteristics of play rolled into it. Experts have found primarily five important characteristics that define the importance of play in a Montessori education program. A child who experiences these characteristics of playing while learning is expected to have a better knowledge intake than otherwise.

What does “Meaningful Play” entail?

Montessori classroom management in many schools often focuses on the aspect of “meaningful play” that can act as an encouragement for the children to learn. There are five important characteristics to this.

Giving the child a choice of what he or she would want to do

Anything should be fun and enjoyable for the child

Spontaneous evolution rather than a scripted act for the kid to follow

Intrinsic motivation should be the driving factor for anything the child is keen to do

Creation of a risk-free environment that allows for experimenting and execution of new ideas

 

      Creation of a risk-free environment that allows for experimenting and execution of new ideas

Children are made to be active participants in meaningful play. Rather than be passive consumers of lessons, they take on roles alongside their peers and respond to what other children do as per the rules of the play that have been created.

  

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Make Interesting Primary Teaching Classroom

Similar to almost every other area of society, education too has witnessed evolution in leaps and bounds in recent years. Traditional teaching techniques, where a teacher would explain a topic and students would take notes, continues to be useful on occasion but the system has evolved more into providing encouragement for the students to awaken their curiosity and the desire to learn. A number of new teaching techniques have emerged in the process and many of them are simply refurbished methods. Use of technology in the classroom has given a new lease of life to education which allows teachers to approach old ideas in new ways.

Here are some teaching methods for primary school teachers

Creative teaching:  

Employ tools that can help stimulate creativity. Throw in playful games or forms of visual exercise that will help to excite the young minds and attract their interest. This is a time-tested method that identifies the creative nous of the youngsters. Bring some creativity into all the subjects you handle and encourage them to put forward different ideas. Give them the freedom to explore and they will really develop into something special.

Audio-Video Tools: 

 Incorporate audio-visual materials that can supplement the textbooks during your teaching session – you have a range to choose from including infographics, mind maps, pictures, movies, and filmstrips. These tools can help the little ones to thrive and grow their imagination. If you are further tech-savvy, you can bring in some smart apps for preschoolers into your primary teaching method to create awesome presentations and slideshows they will find interesting.

Real-world Learning: 

 If you can bring in real-world experiences into your instructions it will make teaching a fresh and enriching experience for the students in the classroom. Relate and demonstrate all situations through real-life examples as this will make the material easy to understand and learn. It will also help to spark their interest and get all of them involved and excited.

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