Montessori Sound Games: Pre-Literacy Activities for Babies & Toddlers

Published: 23 July 2019
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Here is a video outlining the Montessori approach to introducing language to children under 3.

Summary:

Support pre-literacy skills by speaking to them since birth
Tell stories, sing songs, have conversations
** Help them hear and identify the sounds of speech **
Play sound games - "I Spy" and more

DON'T teach the symbols of language before they learn the sounds of the language itself.

The symbols/alphabet is introduced after the sounds are mastered, usually around 3.5 to 4 years old.

Please watch the video to learn more.

Source:

A Path for the Exploration of Any Language Leading to Reading and Writing by Muriel I. Dwyer -

Published by North American Montessori Teacher's Association (NAMTA) Jjournal - Volume 29, # , Summer 2004

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