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Bachelor's Thesis
Lisää Liikettä Lasten Arkeen: Liikuntakasvatus Montessori-leikkikoulussa [Add Movement to Children's Everyday Life: Physical education in a Montessori play school]
Available from: Theseus (Finland)
Europe, Finland, Montessori schools, Nordic countries, Northern Europe
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Abstract/Notes: The aim of this bachelor’s thesis was to develop physical education of Montessori play school and to increase physical activity during day. Target was to develop and increase physical activity in playschool and encourage children’s self-motivated movement through picture cards. In addition the aim was to increase educators’ understanding about goal-directed physical activity together with inspiring and motivating children to move. Exercising sessions was implemented aiming to give joy and experience of succes for children. At the same time ideas and point of views were brought to exercising sessions. In addition picture cards were made together with preschool children to facilitate and increase self-motivate movement. In picture cards there are simple movements which children can carry out by themselves or with each other. The bachelor’s thesis was functional. Three exercise days were implemented in play school where exercise sessions were made for small groups. Every child participated. Each session had clear frame and target. The aim of this bachelor’s thesis was achieved succesfully. Feedback was received about the contents and guiding of exercising sessions. The educators received new ideas and point of views how to run exercising sessions. Educator’s duty is to develop learning environment physically desirable. The educator is responsible of planning and implementing physical education. Genuine and positive encouraging is very important with children. Implication of children must be observed when physical education is planned and implemented. It is important to live in the moment taking into account the learning environment. It must be remembered that physical education is not limited only exercise sessions. The physical education is realized at its best when combined with different situations in daily life. / Opinnäytetyön tarkoituksena oli kehittää Montessori-leikkikoulun liikuntakasvatusta ja lisätä liikuntaa päivän aikana. Tavoitteena oli liikunnan ja liikuntaleikkien kehittäminen ja lisääminen leikkikoulussa, sekä edistää lapsen omaehtoista liikkumista päivän aikana kuvakorttien avulla. Lisäksi tavoitteena oli kasvattajien ymmärryksen lisääminen tavoitteellisen ja ohjatun liikunnan merkityksestä, sekä innostaa ja motivoida lasta liikkumaan. Leikkikoululla pidettiin liikuntatuokioita, joiden tavoitteena oli tuottaa lapsille iloa ja onnistumisen kokemuksia. Samalla tuotiin uusia ideoita ja näkökulmia liikuntatuokioiden pitämiseen. Lisäksi tehtiin yhdessä esikouluikäisten lasten kanssa kuvakortit helpottamaan ja lisäämään lasten omaehtoista liikuntaa. Kuvakorteissa on yksinkertaisia liikkeitä, joita lapset pystyvät tekemään itsenäisesti ja toistensa kanssa. Opinnäytetyö oli toiminnallinen. Leikkikoulussa toteutettiin yhteensä kolmena päivänä liikuntapäivä. Liikuntatuokioita pidettiin siten, että jokainen lapsi pääsi osallistumaan niihin kolme kertaa. Jokaisessa liikuntatuokioissa oli selkeä runko ja tavoite. Opinnäytetyön tavoitteet täyttyivät. Liikuntatuokioiden sisällöstä ja ohjaamisesta saatiin palautetta. Kasvattajat saivat uusia ideoita ja näkökulmia liikuntatuokioiden pitämiseen. Liikuntakasvatuksen toteutukseen on tullut selkeyttä ja tietoutta. Opinnäytetyön myötä liikuntakasvatus leikkikoulussa on lisääntynyt ja samalla aktivoinut kasvattajia lisäämään sen toteutumista. Kuvakortit ovat olleet käytössä leikkikoulun arjessa päivittäin. Ne ovat lisänneet omaehtoista liikuntaa varsinkin 4–6-vuotiailla lapsilla. Kasvattajan tehtävä on luoda oppimisympäristö liikunnallisesti suotavaksi. Kasvattajan vastuulla on suunnitella ja toteuttaa liikuntakasvatusta. Aito ja positiivinen kannustaminen on tärkeää lasten kanssa toimiessa. Lasten osallisuus tulee huomioida suunniteltaessa ja toteuttaessa liikuntakasvatusta. On tärkeää elää hetkessä oppimisympäristö huomioiden. Tulee muistaa, että liikuntakasvatus ei rajoitu pelkästään liikuntatuokioihin. Se on parhaimmillaan yhdistettynä arjen erilaisiin tilanteisiin.
Language: Finnish
Published: Helsinki, Finland, 2017
Article
Stimulating the Development of Rhythmic Abilities in Preschool Children in Montessori Kindergartens with Music-Movement Activities: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Available from: Springer Link
Publication: Early Childhood Education Journal, vol. 52
Date: 2024
Pages: 563-574
Early childhood care and education, Early childhood education, Elementary school students, Montessori method of education, Montessori schools, Movement education, Music education, Preschool children, Rhythm
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Abstract/Notes: This article examines the effects of Montessori music-movement activities on the development of the rhythmic abilities of 59 children from Montessori preschools, aged between 3 and 6 years. Children were deployed into two experimental groups (EG 1 (n = 20) & EG 2 (n = 22)) and a control group (CG) (n = 17). Our intervention consisted of introducing 15 to 20 min of unstructured movement time, either accompanied by a piano (EG 1) or recording (EG 2), three times a week for four months, whereas the control group carried on the usual Montessori program. We used a quasi-experimental nonequivalent groups design with pretest–posttest. Three tests for measuring rhythmic abilities were used: auditory discrimination of the rhythmic patterns, imitation of spoken rhythmic phrases, and determining the synchronization of movement with the rhythm of the music. The interventions had a positive effect on the development of the rhythmic abilities of children included in the study. The most significant effect was noticed in EG 1, while no effect of non-activity was detected in the control group.
Language: English
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-023-01459-x
ISSN: 1573-1707
Article
[Montessori Educational Movements in the US: Introduction to the Public Schools]
Publication: Kyushu Educational Society Research Journal, vol. 28
Date: 1994
Pages: 78-86
Americas, Montessori method of education - History, North America, Public Montessori, United States of America
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Language: Japanese
Book Section
The Importance of Movement in General Development
Book Title: The Absorbent Mind
Pages: 123-132
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Abstract/Notes: The first edition of 'The Absorbent Mind' was published in English by Kalakshetra (Madras, India) in 1949. In 1952, Montessori wrote a fully revised edition in Italian, published by Garzanti in 1952. This was the first Italian edition, entitled 'La Mente del Bambino'. This current edition is a translation by Claude Claremont of the Italian 1952 edition.
Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company, 2007
Series: The Montessori Series , 1
Book Section
Lecture 18: Sound and Rhythm, Movement on the Line [London, May 16, 1929]
Book Title: The Montessori Approach to Music
Pages: 30-33
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Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori Pierson Publishing Company, 2020
ISBN: 978-90-79506-48-4
Series: The Montessori Series , 23
Book Section
The Education of the Movements
Book Title: Towards a New Education: A Record and Synthesis of the Discussions on the New Psychology and the Curriculum at the Fifth World Conference of the New Education Fellowship held at Elsinore, Denmark, in August 1929
Pages: 145-149
Claude Albert Claremont - Writings, Denmark, Europe, International Conference of the New Education Fellowship (5th, Helsingør/Elsinore, Denmark, 8-21 August, 1929), International Montessori Congress (1st, Helsingør/Elsinore, Denmark, 8-21 August 1929), Montessori method of education - Criticism, interpretation, etc., Movement education, New Education Fellowship, Nordic countries, Northern Europe, Physical education, Scandinavia
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Language: English
Published: New York: A. A. Knopf, 1930
Article
Movement for All Ages
Publication: Montessori Insights
Date: 2020
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Language: English
Article
Shannon Helfrich Movement Seminar
Available from: AMI Montessori Digital
Publication: The Alcove: Newsletter of the Australian AMI Alumni Association, no. 3
Date: Jul 1999
Pages: 3–4
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Language: English
Book Section
The Mechanism of Writing: An Analysis of the Movements of a Hand that is Writing; Direct Preparation for Writing; Intelligence Freed from Mechanisms; Composition of Words
Book Title: The Discovery of the Child
Pages: 217-244
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Abstract/Notes: Formerly entitled The Montessori Method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in the Children's Houses. This book was first published in 1909 under the title 'Il Metodo della Pedagogia Scientifica Applicato all'Educazione Infantile nelle Case dei Bambini' ('The Montessori Method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in the Children's Houses) and was revised in 1913, 1926, and 1935. Maria Montessori revised and reissued this book in 1948 and renamed it 'La Scoperta del Bambino'. This edition is based on the 6th Italian edition of 'La Scoperta del Bambino' published by the Italian publisher Garzanti, Milan, Italy in 1962. M. J. Costelloe, S. J. translated this Italian version into the English language in 1967 for Fides Publishers, Inc. In 2016 Fred Kelpin edited this version and added many footnotes. He incorporated new illustrations based on AMI-blueprints of the materials currently in use.
Language: English
Published: Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Montessori-Pierson Publishing Company, 2017
ISBN: 978-90-79506-38-5
Series: The Montessori Series , 2
Article
Die Bedeutung der Bewegung in der Pädagogik Maria Montessoris [The importance of movement in Maria Montessori's pedagogy]
Publication: Montessori: Zeitschrift für Montessori-Pädagogik, vol. 36, no. 4
Date: 1998
Pages: 177-184
Montessori method of education, Movement education, Physical education for children
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Language: German
ISSN: 0944-2537