The Montessori Method emphasizes that children are taught through “touch and feel” using materials which provide the child with the ability to discriminate physical dimension, provide self correction and teach coordination unlike the Traditional Method of education that focuses on books, charts and instructions from the teachers.
Children can freely move around in the environment, work on materials of his/her choice and talk freely as long as they are not disturbing other children rather than sitting at a desk, working on the material chosen by the teacher.
The Montessori Method allows child to choose the material to work and does not impose a time limit on how long a child can work on a material unlike the Traditional Method. This allows for child to master a material before he/she moves on.