With these goals in mind, each child is guided in development at FIVE LEVELS:

• Physical: potential learning problems can first be spotted in a young child’s ability to control movements.

• Emotional: young children need patience and guidance to learn to control and express their feelings.

• Intellectual: young children are collectors of knowledge (they absorb it from their environment).

• Mental: to know, to experience, to use all known information for experiments and problem-solving.

• Spiritual: develops strength of character, revelation of true personality, and desire to be of service to others.

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-Class Notes from Southwestern Montessori Training Center session 1981-82.