How have these key historical figures found their way into today's classrooms?



Friedrich Wilhelm August Frobel- Frobel theory is consistent with play and learn. This theory contains learning in the environment full of nature and games developed to learn things. This approach believes on how to grow creativity amongst children. Playing also includes physical activity which helps in the growth of fine motor skills. An activity is planned in which children were asked to wear mask of animal and play hide and seek in the garden. Children must walk and talk like the respective animal told by the teacher. When they find other children they should call them with the name of animal they are in role of. Animal mask, nice grounds with places to hide, charts of animals.

Loris Malaguzzi- Reggio Emilia approach is philosophy more than theory, it was discovered by Loris Malaguzzi after the world war. According to the theory there are three teacher, the adult is the mentor, second teacher is the children, third teacher is the environment. Children does the activities to show what they learned. By seeing and observations they make. Sometimes they need some guidance but they are their own teacher. With they help of green environment a group of 15 young children start exploring and questioning things in the environment, the adult follows and explains them things in the environment, then they saw some craft materials and some of them started drawing, some started painting, some started making model of the plants in the environment. Some of the children wears the tree costume and do role play with other children where they talk about what they can get from trees and plants. Children were provided with a small plant and materials by which they can draw, paint or make model of the tree, there are also tree outfits. 

Maria Montessori- Montessori model helps in creating a children friendly environment like their sized furniture, wash basins, tools, tables, objects, racks etc. There are no electronic equipment because it is believed that it can cause lack of creativity amongst the children. Wooden furniture  are used.  The teacher teaches with visual, touch and speech and when the child has learned it passes and tolds their learning to the young ones. Teachers help them to take classes for new comers so that both age groups can socialise and feel equality amongst themselves. The strategy is to built an children friendly  environment and teach them with each age group of young child. So that they can socialise and with they lack of electronic equipment they can focus more on the given materials. More the concentration more they adapt the nature learning. Teacher teaches about different types of leafs by showing them different plants itself and then they say a leaf name and the child points towards the leaf next the teacher gives them to feel every type of leaf so that they can see and feel the difference. Then the teacher points at the leaf and asks the name of the leaf and child reply. Then they were asked to write the first letter of leaf on the sand with finger. Specifically designed furniture for toddlers, tools and equipment handy to the toddlers, plants and animals, natural artifacts, nature based learning platform. 



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