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A 3 page paper that explains three of Montessori's essential elements: the absorbent mind, sensitive periods and unconscious, subconscious and conscious mind. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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minds; but the child absorbs knowledge directly into his psychic life" (p. 36). The Absorbent Mind is one of Montessoris six essential principals. She also believed there are different periods
of growth with the intelligence sometimes directed inward and times when intelligence is directed outwards. When it is directed inward, the child is constructing knowledge himself and when directed outward,
the child is increasing their information and knowledge from the external world. A child has an absorbent mind from the time it is born until age six. There are two
phases of growth during this time, which are unconscious growth and conscious growth. Between infancy and preschool, the mind functions at the unconscious level so that information is gained through
experiences. The infant does not have conscious awareness of their learning process. Montessori (1994) marveled at the amount a child learned at the unconscious level: "By merely living and without
and conscious effort the individual absorbs from the environment even a complex cultural achievement like language" (p. 14). For instance, an infant cries and the parent responds and goes to
the infant. The infant may be hungry, need a diaper change or have some other need. The infant has learned at the unconscious level that if she cries, someone will
come to take care of her needs. The same is true for the toddler. The toddler begins learning unconsciously that if he does something wrong, he will also get attention.
For instance, if the toddler throws something, the parent will educate the toddler about the dangers of throwing objects. At about preschool age, the child begins functioning at the
preconscious level. Preconscious means the child is still not thinking in a rational manner about what she is experiencing or what she is learning. They continue to connect things as
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