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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