Describe the five key learning areas of the Montessori classroom and explain the purpose of each.
Discover the five key learning areas of the Montessori classroom and their purpose, as well as the primary learning centers and their components. Explore early childhood education and child care centers that provide a nurturing environment for your child's development.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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- Describe observational techniques and their purpose in the Montessori classroom.
- Describe the primary learning centers and their components.
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to create a natural outdoor classroom that supports child development in all areas.
- Describe an outdoor classroom in action.
- Describe a classroom management plan that promotes positive reinforcement and clear expectations for the school-age setting
- Describe the benefits of an outdoor classroom.
- Identify characteristics of project based learning in the classroom environment and curriculum
- Describe the meaning of positive discipline in the classroom.
- Describe an environment through video observation of a 3, 4, and/or 5 year classroom
- Describe an environment through video observation of a 3, 4, and/or 5 year old classroom
- Identify and explain the major components of the major and current approaches to development and learning
- Describe a classroom management plan that promotes positive reinforcement, clear expectations, and consistent implementation.
- Describe strategies to encourage positive behaviors in the classroom.
- Identify materials and activities to promote learning in the outdoor classroom.
- Define active play in the early childhood classroom and describe its benefits for young children.
- Define differentiated instruction in early childhood education and describe how it may look in the classroom.
- Describe the importance of learning centers in the early childhood education environment.
- Describe the benefits of an outdoor classroom.
- Identify strategies to facilitate learning in the early childhood classroom using various methods.
- Describe the various ways teachers can address challenging behaviors in the classroom.
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