Importance Of Freedom In Montessori Freedom

Freedom means the quality or state of being free. Freedom in Montessori Education requires independence before the child is given it. Freedom in the Children’s House does not mean that the child can do anything he wants to before he learns self-control. The child should know what is good for him, his friends, and his society.
The freedom of the child should have limits. If the child interferes or hurts others, his acts ought to be intervened. Insolent and discourteous acts need to be corrected as well. The child does not have self-control or self-discipline when he comes to the Children’s House. What the guide needs is to set firm limits before she gives freedom to the child. The ways of decline as is well-know, such as commands and scolding, …show more content…
The characteristic and personality of the child is constructed through what he experiences in his environment. If he encounters many obstacles or trauma in his early childhood, it brings defects in the child’s personality and causes deviations. Deviations here mean abnormalities of the child. Deviations are caused by obstacles that prevent his natural development. The child is born with full of potential energy and it should be derived in the process of incarnation in his formative period. However if the environment is not prepared and full of obstacles of his normal development, deviations show up in many way, such as lie, mistrust, untidiness and so on. The child should be allowed to follow his inner teacher that leads him his health development. The most important thing to support his natural development is preparing the environment, his spontaneous movements are …show more content…
Deviation should be treated in early time. If deviations which are occurred from birth to 3 years are not treated, they get worse in his three to six years old. Moreover if it reminds to next stage, which is six to twelve years, it influences on his demarcation ability of right and wrong. All those defects affect his healthy mental life and his intelligence. Dr. Maria Montessori classified all deviation into two group; the defect of strong children and the defect of weak children. The characteristics of strong children are violence, disobedience, possessiveness, and instability of purpose. Also they lack coordination of the movement of the hand. They mostly shout, and are crucial to weaker children and animals. On the other hand, the deviations of weaker children are shown in more passive styles; whining, boredom, dependence on adults, clinging. They lie as defenses and also causes physical problems such as anorexia or overeating, anemia and nervous