ACTIVITY to groom mindset

Children, being so little, have a natural tendency to grasp objects, just as you know for example, they are very fond of holding your fingers. Likewise their psychology has a propensity to cling on to their belongings. This attitude towards one’s possessions, in the language of philosophy, is popularly known as attachment. In today’s activity,

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“The first essential for the child’s development is concentration. The child who concentrates is immensely happy.” by Dr. Maria Montessori Reference https://www.inspiringquotes.us/author/4341-maria-montessori/about-concentration/

12) Learning English : What is the effect of translating first language ?

Although the first language and a mothertongue seems substitutable terms, but typically in case of first as foreign, a recurrent translation of a first language into the mothertongue eventually transforms the foreign tongue into a second language, that is just another language second to mothertongue, and thus looses its fluency, ranking second after the mothertongue,

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“There must be provision for the child to have contact with nature; to understand and appreciate the order, the harmony and the beauty in nature.” by Dr. Maria Montessori Reference https://www.montessorinature.com/quotes-on-nature/

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“The child who has never learned to work by himself, to set goals for his own acts, or to be the master of his own force of will is recognizable in the adult who lets others guide him and feels a constant need for the approval of others.” by Dr. Maria Montessori Reference https://www.montessorieducation.com/montessori-quotes/

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“Children must grow not only in the body but in the spirit, and the mother longs to follow the mysterious spiritual journey of the beloved one who to-morrow will be the intelligent, divine creation, man.” by Dr. Maria Montessori Reference https://montessoricafe.blogspot.com/2016/10/top-montessori-quotes-on-sensorial.html/

11) Learning English : What is the benefit of not translating first language ?

If a student wants to learn a foreign language, then he/she enrolls in an institution where the first language is his/her preference in order to render the translations of the foreign vocabulary. Indeed, such is the preference to study subjects in a “non-English medium” school, where English is merely just another subject. On the contrary,

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“How often is the soul of man – especially in childhood – deprived because he is not allowed to come in contact with nature…” by Dr. Maria Montessori Reference https://www.montessorinature.com/quotes-on-nature/

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“Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future.” by Dr. Maria Montessori Reference https://applemontessorischools.com/montessori-quotes/

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“He does it with his hands, by experience, first in play and then through work. The hands are the instruments of man’s intelligence.” by Dr. Maria Montessori Reference https://youaremom.com/parenting/raising-a-child/emotional-education/maria-montessori-quotes/