Maria Montessori believed strongly (and scientific research backs up this belief) that a child is born with what he needs to develop language. There are many ways adults can enrich a young child’s language development especially preparing the environment ripe for language learning. At the very least, we know 100% that children will learn to speak as long as they are exposed to some language early in their development.
Reading and writing, on the other hand, need to be taught to the child. A child will learn the words that he is offered through his environment. {Enters the adult.} We control the environment. We must curate and prepare the child’s environment for language development as Montessori parents and teachers. In other words, to make this environment rich and full of language learning opportunities.
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