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Montessori

need a montessori papersDr. Montessori observed that when children are allowed freedom in an environment suited to their needs, they blossom. After a period of intense concentration, working with materials that fully engage their interest, children appear to be refreshed and contented. Through continued concentrated work of their own choice, children grow in inner discipline and peace. She called this process "normalization" and cited it as "the most important single result of our whole work" .

The process is usually invisible to us because the process of normalization is hidden by characteristics not proper to the child. There are four characteristics that are a proof of the process of normalization is happening on children:

(1) Love of work:- The first characteristic of the process of normalization is love of work. Love of work includes the ability to choose work freely and to find serenity and joy in work. This type of deviations lead to not able to choose the work what they love.

(2) Concentration:- . Concentration appears as individual children in a group became absorbed in their work—each one in a different, freely

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