Etymology
From the surname of the founder Maria Montessori.
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- Of or relating to the Montessori education method developed by Italian physician Maria Montessori. <> Dangane da yadda ake ilamantar da yara daga kwararriyar likitar Italiya, Maria Montessori. [1]
Imam Adeyinka 'Muhammad' Mendes on Prophetic Parenting [2]
For the first seven years, you play with the child. Dr Maria Montessori said that “Play is the work of the child.” You need to give them an environment where they can play and play and play. Not play with Disney toys and iron man dolls, but an environment where they can build things, where they can master their bodies and their environment, and this is what you see in Montessori schools. As a parent, it’s important that you get on your knees and play with your child. Because this is the period where you can train them and discipline them for 8 to 12 years. If you’re dropping them off with other people all the time, even they may be good people, you’re not helping them do this. They need you to play with them. Sayyidina Rasulullah SAW would play with Hasan and Husayn; they would be on his shoulders. So playing with children for the first 7 years is extremely important and it is part of their tarbiyah. Don’t underestimate this; don’t always have your children with other people while you’re trying to do work.
The next 7 years are about teaching them routine, discipline. This is where their academic instruction starts. You can start earlier, but this might actually harm the development of your child. At this stage, you can introduce your child to good literature, and of course the best literature is the Qur’an.
For the next seven years, you need to befriend your child, get them to serve the community together with you, cleaning up the neighbourhood, helping out at the masjid, etc. Get them used to khidmah. If you did what you were supposed to do in the first two stages of childhood, then you have the luxury to befriend them when they are at this stage. If you didn’t, they will resent you. You have to show them that you trust their intellect, although this doesn’t mean that you should compromise their safety etc. for the sake of being their friend.
Related
- Montessori: Infants & Toddlers
- Read Montessori Inclusion: Strategies and Stories of Support for Learners with Exceptionalities [3] with a foreward by Amira Mogaji, the first Black Muslim president of the AMS Board of Directors
- principles of islamic parenting
- MULTILINGUAL MONTESSORI HOME! Raising a Multilingual Toddler the Montessori At Home Way! [4]