COMPARISON BETWEEN KINTERGARDEN AND MONTESSORI METHOD

                                                 INTRODUCTION     

žBoth Kintergarden and Montessori focused on providing fundamental education to children before they begin their formal schooling. 

ž The difference between them lies in their methods of imparting education.     

                                KINTERGARDEN  

žThe father of Kintergarten is Friedrich Frobel. 

žHis idea of Kintergarten gave importance to philosophy.

žKintergarten is a level of education present in all schools.

žIt is gradually for children between ages of three and five.

žThey learned through plays with educational toys, activities and through songs and stories.

žAt a Kintergarten self-esteem and discipline are inculcated in a child.  

žAlong with focusing on developing a child’s academic ability, sufficient play time is also ensured to the child.

žIn a Kintergarten setup, the medium of instruction is decided by the teachers and they are responsible for all activities.

žIn a normal Kintergarten, parents will play a much more important role and they are encouraged to adopt the methods used by the teachers at school, to teach their children at home too.

žIn a traditional Kintergarten setup children have to adapt to the pace of the classroom, otherwise they might fall apart.  

                              MONTESSORI   

žMontessori method is proposed by Maria Montessori. 

žHer idea of Montessori method gave importance to psychology.

žThis scheme of education is particularly for young children age upto six. 

žProminence is given to the mental and physical evolution of children.

žThe children here are given a chance to express themselves and learn naturally from their routine experiences. 

žMontessori is a separate method of instruction that is very specific but not all schools adopt this method because only some of them can follow this method.  

žThe Montessori system uses an open approach and children are allowed to be creative and express themselves in all aspects of their education.

žIn this setup individual attention is given to children based on their nature.

žIn this method teachers and parents have a very limited role and their main job is to observe and supervise children’s.  

žTeachers do not necessarily instruct children as to what is right and wrong. 

žLearning through experiments and guidance is the key ideal in a Montessori setup.   

                            CONCLUSION    

žMontessori and traditional Kintergarten methods are quite different and both have their advantages and disadvantages.
 žThere are many schools that follow Kintergarten with Montessori practices where one gives importance to philosophy and the other gives importance to psychology.