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Goals and Benefits of Montessori Education

The benefits of montessori education is that it fosters autonomous, competent, responsible, adaptive citizens who are lifelong learners and problem solvers. MCS, a Cleveland montessori school, encourages each child to develop their own sense of self, to learn at their own pace and to learn to love learning. More benefits of montessori education include learning in an inquisitive, cooperative and nurturing atmosphere. Students increase their own knowledge through individual and teacher-initiated experiences. Learning also takes place through the senses. Students learn through repeated use of hands-on materials and by interacting with others. These experiences are the beginning of understanding abstract ideas. Our school considers the child as a whole; physical, emotional, social, aesthetic, and cognitive needs and interests are inseparable and equally important. Other benefits of montessori education include developing a respect for oneself, others, the environment, and for life. This is necessary to develop a caring attitude toward all people and the planet.

Advantages of a Montessori Education

*Traditional*	*Montessori Education*
textbooks, pencils, worksheets	Prepared kinesthetic materials with incorporated control of error. Specially developed reference materials.
Working and learning without emphasis on social development.	Working and learning matched to the social development of the child.
Narrow, unit driven curriculums	Unified, internationally developed "curriculum.
Block time, period lessons	Integrated subject and learning based on developmental psychology.
Individual subjects	Uninterrupted work cycles
Single graded classroom	Multi-graded classroom
Students passive and quiet in desks	Students active, talking, with periods of spontaneous quiet; freedom of movement
Student fits mold of school	School meets the needs of Students
Students leave for special help	Ideally, special help comes to students