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A Child's Sensitive Periods

By Rick Rakauskas

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"tantrums of the sensitive periods external manifestations of an unsatisfied need." (Maria Montessori)

At the age of six, a child develops his senses. According to Montessori, a child's bad temper or stubbornness reflects an unfulfilled necessity.

This is known as a child's sensitive periods.

This is considered as the most crucial stage in a child's life. Children go through this stage without a parent knowing what it is or how to handle it.

There are three important sensitive periods. These are sense for language, movement and order.

A child learns to speak through hearing the noises and voices around him. He imitates these sounds in order to create his own.

At an early age, he listens to them. A few months after, he tries to imitate them. And, at two, he starts to talk, non-stop. By this time, he expresses his emotions into words.

A child also learns to move by observing the people around him. Montessori said that only human being has to learn to move. From the moment he is born, he is incapable of controlling his hands and feet. He randomly swings and bends them.

But about twelve months, he starts to learn to walk. A child's first step needs a lot of concentration on his part. That is why, when a child is picked up by his parent when he is trying to walk towards a table, he becomes frustrated. The parent interrupted the child's focus. It is better to allow the child to move freely, only disturbing him when he is at risk of hurting himself.

Like everyone else, a child senses order in his environment. When a certain happening is done routinely, he becomes accustomed to it. This is how he learns, understands and adapts his environment inside his own brain.

He notices that before bedtime, his parent baths him. He observes that a few minutes after he wakes up, his parent feeds him. Moreover, a child notices the different sizes, smells, texture and color of the things around him.

Curiosity and adaptation leads him to distinguish why some things are smooth or rough, big or small, bright or dull and fragrant or stinky.

In sum, a child develops his own character from the surroundings around him. It is important to expose him to a few different setting in order to let him explore and learn.

A child passes through the absorbent mind stage and the sensitive periods. These stages must be carefully acknowledged. These develop the child into a complete human being.

All children learn through active participation. They get involved in practical ways, and when they attempt to do something themselves, particularly by use of their hands, they are learning. To see how this is applied, visit Fridays Child Gold Coast Montessori . Published by Rick Rakauskas at Semantic Writer

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