Have you ever watched a little baby go from a series of babbling to his very first word? It feels like magic, but this ability is not magic; it’s actually a natural blueprint deeply rooted in the child’s most critical period of development, the Absorbent Mind. Children develop speech in precise, determined order. It begins … Read more
Imagine that you have a hidden superpower that flawlessly absorbs your entire world—your culture, your habits, and your language—without ever trying. You don’t consciously remember it, but it shapes who you are forever. Psychologists call this mental power Mneme. It is formed as unconscious memory, but it’s far more because this unconscious mental power drives perfect language learning and fixes your … Read more
The Absorbent Mind is the idea that Montessori used for the child’s unique and unconscious mental state.