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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What does it mean when the previous previous poster wrote that young Montessori classrooms tend to be quiet. Do the kids not talk to each other? Are they supposed to be quietly working at a station? Is there a right way and a wrong way to use the classroom toys? If a preschooler wants to do a task in a different way, is he or she allowed?[/quote]

In the Montessori classrooms I've seen, the tasks given to the youngest children are generally tasks that are done solo.  A child might work on the same task side by side with another student, but they generally aren't sharing materials and each has a defined workspace.  As they get older there are more shared activities.

There aren't toys in a Montessori classroom.  The materials are generally designed to be used one way, like a puzzle would be, although there are some materials which can be used different ways by students at different levels.  In some Montessori classrooms, and I believe in Maria Montessori's original schools, students are redirected if they use a material in a way other than how they've been shown.  The Montessori teacher above has said that she allows, or even encourages, her students to explore, within parameters, with a material after they have mastered the task it was designed for. [/quote]

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