http://www.fridayschildmontessori.com/blog/montessori-interior-design/ Maria Montessori believed that an orderly environment that is designed to make thing easier for the child, which has some influence on the interior decoration of a bedroom. While she had little to say on the topic of colours and lighting, she did have firm ideas on furniture and on minimising clutter and chaos in a child’s environment.
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Usually, our thoughts go to a
way of learning and teaching
that allows young children to
explore the world and learn
important concepts through use
of the sensory materials.
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But interior design does indeed
have a role to play in
Montessori education.
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Maria Montessori knew and
taught the educators who
followed her that the
environment surrounding a child
was key to that child’s
development.
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You may have already picked
this up through a visit to Friday’s
Child Montessori or any
other Montessori early
learning centre.
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The aim is to set up an
environment that is orderly and
is suited to children’s needs – as
well as enabling them to act
independently.
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A good many of us didn’t really
have this concept in mind when
we planned our children’s
bedrooms.
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When our children are just
newborns, the preschool years
when our children are going to
be exploring, doing and learning
seem a very, very long way off.
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But the preschool years roll
around very quickly (in spite of
it seeming like eternity during
the months that they wake in
the middle of the night needing
food).
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But eventually, the décor that
was suitable for a newborn or
even a baby has to give way to
what a toddler needs.
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“We must give the child an
environment that he can
utilize by himself: a little
washstand of his own, a bureau
with drawers he can
open, objects of common use
that he can operate, a small bed
in which he can sleep at night
under an attractive blanket he
can fold and spread by himself.
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We must give him an
environment in which he can
live and play; then we will see
him work all day with his hands
and wait impatiently to undress
himself and lay himself down on
his own bed.”
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Learn more montessori interior
design ideas at
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