Maria Montessori's approach focuses on educating the senses before the intellect through exercises that allow children to discover things for themselves. Her approach creates a prepared environment where children can choose activities at their own pace and move freely between materials, developing independence and confidence. The teacher acts as a facilitator rather than enforcer, ensuring the classroom remains child-centered.

1. Ara L. Oblino
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The best approach that I use in my own class is Maria Montessori Approach,
why? Because for me it is the best fit for the Filipinos classroom settings. Because
according to her that “she based her ideas on the principle that the senses should be
educated first, and then the intellect. Skills should be learnt not by endless repetition,
she suggested, but by providing exercises that prepare the children to discover things
for themselves” for example learning to look develops into reading, while touching leads
to writing. And I also agree about the classroom environment that she has creating a
prepared environment which provides the resources for children to learn at their chosen
time and pace. Each child can choose from a wide variety of activities, watched over by
a teacher who encourages and facilitates the learning process, but does not force it.
Children are able to remain at one activity for as long as they wish, or to move to
another - but only when they have carefully returned the materials to their proper place.
In this idea the children also can easily interact with other children they can developed
their confident to communicate with others. And it is really true for a class that the
teacher should be the facilitator only and it always a child-centred because children
deeply involved in all sorts of learning activities, often using beautifully created materials
and tools, specially designed for the purpose. And also Maria Montessori believes that
children are very significant. She believes that every child is born with a desire to learn.
For that reason, the child acquires a positive attitude as a learner if presented with tasks
that suit the child’s need and want.