Montessori.

The Montessori Schools were founded by Marisa Montessori. They are also known as Childrens Houses. Montessori schools encourage the child to look after their classroom and also their environment. The schools believe the children should have more freedom to do what they want and that they should be given a wider range of activities. They give the children the freedom to explore on their own, giving them a room full of child size furniture, but still all fully functioning, not just toys. They get items such as cleaning products and tools and mathematics equipment, they just all come in a smaller size for the children to use with ease. Each Montessori class is split up by the childrens ages. These childrens groups will then stay together for the next three years. Children will be able to learn from each other, be self directed and become very independent withing these classes. Montessori schools believe that each age group as what is called a sensitive period, according to Marisa Montessori, it is within these periods of time that the child learns most, within the periods the child is more aware of their environment and what they are seeing. For example between the ages of five and six a child is said to be very language sensitive, so this would be the time in which to introduce new languages or better vocabulary into the childs life. The Montessori school notice these sensitive periods within the children and place things in which they feel the child will better themselves off of. Montessori schools aim to make each and every child child reach his full potential.