In Episode 3: The Formation of Language, Bobby George and Charlotte Wood record a podcast to discuss their own reflections on the development of language with young children, especially within the context of the Montessori environment.
We sat down with Mrs. Bauer, the leader of the Young Children’s Community at Baan Dek, and put together a few basic tips for parents, which we hope are helpful, on how best to inspire language and math development, at this formative age: To cultivate a language environment for the child, you can model using correct language and voice, […]
In a wonderfully titled book, What you Should Know About Your Child, Maria Montessori makes a powerful statement in an article entitled, ‘The First Three Years of Life’: “If we consider the transformations, adaptations, achievements and conquest of the environment during the first period of life from zero to three years, it is functionally a longer […]
In the first of a new video series, we sit down with Ms. Charlotte Wood, a primary Montessori guide, to discuss language and literacy in Montessori. Ms. Wood walks us through some helpful examples of ways language develops in the classroom, explaining, more thoroughly, how it is implemented as a natural process of the environment, […]
“The child bathes in language.” – Delacroix The acquisition of language is the stuff of magic. It seemingly just happens. One day the child ‘babbles’, as if unable to articulate any words, let alone an appreciation of the world, described with any degree of precision or accuracy. Then, as if all-at-once, the child suddenly starts […]