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Assignment Module 5 Habiba Qaisar D/11707 Q No.1

The document discusses how Montessori education teaches numbers 0 to 10 to children. It explains that Montessori uses concrete experiences with objects to introduce mathematical concepts before moving to abstraction. Children are naturally attracted to numbers and order from a young age. Montessori exercises for numbers include activities with objects to internalize concepts like quantity, similarity, patterns and sequencing to develop their "mathematical mind".

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Assignment Module 5 Habiba Qaisar D/11707 Q No.1

The document discusses how Montessori education teaches numbers 0 to 10 to children. It explains that Montessori uses concrete experiences with objects to introduce mathematical concepts before moving to abstraction. Children are naturally attracted to numbers and order from a young age. Montessori exercises for numbers include activities with objects to internalize concepts like quantity, similarity, patterns and sequencing to develop their "mathematical mind".

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Assignment Module 5 Habiba Qaisar D/11707

Q No.1.
How would you teach numbers 0 to 10 to a child according to Montessori method? Explain all the exercises in the group
briefly in your own words.

Montessori approach is quite different and one of the easiest ways to teaching the concept of numbers to the children
in the early years of life. In Montessori education, they provide many appropriate ways to the children for exploring the
world of mathematics. The math journey

commences in the child‟s life with concrete experiences and then leads the child towards

abstractions. The opportunities of learning and teaching the mathematics are found very easily

from the daily life of the child. It is said that the child‟s brain is like a sponge, he greedily

absorbs all what is shown and taught to him. It would be very surprising to know that the child starts learning
mathematics from the very early age of his life, even though from the age of toddler. Teaching the Mathematics to the
child in the early years of life is not taken as a daunting task in the Montessori Education. The basic and chief task of
teaching to the child through Montessori education is to make the concept very clear and comprehensible. In
Montessori education numbers are taught in the various ways so that the children may learn them with perfection be

cause the perfection in the child‟s life, was the basic motive of Maria

Montessori . We should make mathematics as a part of everyday activity for the children. Learning can be a great fun for
the children if taught playfully. It has been widely observed and understood that children can learn faster and quickly
when visual teaching practices are used. There are countless activities which can make the math as a fun for not only
toddlers but also kids (4 to 6 years old) It is scientifically proved that the little children are naturally attracted to the
science of numbers. Mathematics, like language, is the product of the human intellect. It can be clearly said that human
beings have a mathematical mind.

Montessori took this idea, that the human has a mathematical mind, from the French philosopher Pascal.

Children mind is always ready to estimate the quantity of the things, similarity, difference, patterns, to make order,
sequence in things and to control error in everyday life. Indirect Preparation of Number

Understanding of numbers develops through experiences with concrete objects, which are used in EPL Exercises
because it contributes effectively in the development of mathematical mind. EPL are the everyday household activities.
The child is naturally attracted to these activities as these experiences are essential part for full development and self
dependence. By taking the participation in these activities, the child becomes a responsible and helping member of the
society who can deal with the problems of everyday living. Along with it, at the unconscious level, practicing these
activities forms the essential patterns in the nervous system that leads to the conceptual development of

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