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This paper discusses the influence of the prepared environment on the child's development including physical, linguistic, intellectual and social development of the child with reference to the following: "Adults admire their environment; they can remember it and think about it; but the child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of his soul" (Montessori, The Absorbent Mind, p.56). Also the paper will address the hazardous consequences of a negative teaching environment on the child's psychological development.

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