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Reading Aloud to Children: The Montessori Way

Engage Team • 30 March 2017
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When do you start reading aloud to your Montessori child? The answer is simple: as soon as possible! After all, Maria Montessori believed that the sensitive period for language development is between birth and age six.

What better time to start reading aloud to your child than when he is in the sensitive period for language acquisition?

 

Reading Aloud to Infants and Toddlers:

In The Read-Aloud Handbook , storyteller Jim Trelease offers these suggestions when reading aloud to children:

General Read Aloud Tips at Any Age:

Reading aloud to children facilitates their readiness for formal reading instruction in four areas: oral language, cognitive skills, concepts of printed words, and phonemic awareness. Development of these skills provides a strong foundation to support literacy development during the early school years.

 

Adapted from NAMC – The North American Montessori Center, originally posted in its entirety at Montessori Teacher Training.

Looking for Montessori-friendly books for your child? Check out these links from some of our favorite blogs for the best Montessori books for babies, toddlers and preschoolers:

Natural Beach Living:

http://www.naturalbeachliving.com/2016/03/the-best-montessori-books.html

 

Living Montessori Now:
http://livingmontessorinow.com/favorite-montessori-friendly-books-2-year-old/

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