Science for Babies

Montessori Life, Spring 2004 by Miller, Darla Ferris

In the first three years of life, the essential foundations are laid that start a child on the road to becoming the kind of adult who can intuitively predict the consequences of various physical phenomena, who finds that basic scientific concepts make sense; a confident abstract thinker who can tinker with machines and figure out how they work-a person with a strong inner sense of science.

References

Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, Irans, by Claude A. Claremont (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967).

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition copyright © 2002 by Merriam-Wcbster, Incorporated.

McVicker Hunt, J. (1981 ) Experiential roots of intention, initiative and trust. In H.I.Day (ed): Advances in intrinsic motivation and aesthetics. London, New York: Plenum Press, 169-202.

DR. DARLA F. MILLER is the author of Positive Child Guidance, 4th Ed. and First Steps Toward Cultural Difference: Socialization in Infant/Toddler Day Care. Positi ve Child Guidance is currently being translated into Korean. Darla can be contacted at darlaferrismiller@comcast.net.