In this guest post, Erika of Montessori & Multilingual shares her best tips on creating an environment where young children can learn other languages in the most natural and authentic way. The sage words of Dr. Maria Montessori ring especially true for multilingual families. As she put it, “the development of language is part of …
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When it comes to creating learning space for the students, it is not about the quantity, but about the quality. If you’ve been teaching children for a while, you soon begin to realize that not all materials and tools are created equal. One of the unique aspects of Montessori materials is that they are designed …
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I have something exciting to share with those of you who have busy little people in your life – young children from the age of one to three. I am very honoured to be mum to one little guy. Not one day is the same or dull with this curious and super energetic person. At …
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For many countries where the majority speaks English teaching children to speak other languages from a very early age is a foreign concept, while in many other parts of the world for millions of people speaking the native language at home and learning at school in English or French, for example, is a norm. Now, …
Learning to read is not a natural process. The curiosity that draws children to find out more about the world surrounding them usually comes naturally. It is not a secret that children flourish under nurturing and purposeful guidance. Just the right amount of encouragement, regularly held storytime, parental example, cozy book nook – a perfect …
“At one year of age, the child says his first intentional word…his babbling has a purpose, and this intention is a proof of conscious intelligence…He becomes ever more aware that language refers to his surroundings, and his wish to master it consciously becomes also greater….Subconsciously and unaided, he strains himself to learn, and this …
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