WEEKEND WORK IDEAS - LITERACY LEADERS!

There are so many fun ways to create letter recognition for children at home with construction paper, glue, scraps of paper and paint. 

The first eight years of a child’s life are the critical years for literacy development. A Montessori language arts program combines phonics with a whole language curriculum. Phonics is defined as a method of teaching children to read, write and pronounce words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups and syllables. Whole language indicates that children will learn to read and write by being immersed into a world of spoken and written words.

We utilize the Balanced Literacy Reading Program to compliment the Montessori materials, which contains both approaches. In addition to reading activities like reading aloud, our students have the opportunity to foster language arts skills through public speaking, show and share, telling a story about pictures and experiences, seeing printed labels, tracing, coloring and writing.

To learn more about our Balanced Literacy approach to language and reading development we invite you to visit us at Balanced Literacy.