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Discover Montessori: Nurturing Children's Intrinsic Desire to Learn Through Individualised Need

As the competition is increasing in every field, modern-day parents are hoping their child to achieve more competencies, especially in academics. Right from early childhood, they send children to daycares and preschools to attain a strong foundation of academics. Children live in a world where the vast majority of their time is managed and scheduled. The stimulation is structured and the motivation tends to be extrinsic. When a child is presented with nothing but free time, after a while all the external stimulators lose a little luster. In this attempt, parents are missing the fact that academics aren’t everything; there should be a focus on holistic development of children mainly during their preschool days. Studies show that the most important skills to learn in the beginning of...