Reading Aloud Still Works!

 

Reading aloud promotes language development and is perhaps the single most important activity leading to early literacy skills.

 

My mom read aloud to her for years and I do the same with my children.

 

My mother-in-law also thinks reading aloud should be more a discussion about what our child’s answers are about. She’ll ask, 'what do you see’ and ‘what are the characters doing or saying. What are they thinking?’ She’s makes it more interactive with each child. This is a big plus.

 

Maria Montessori, founder of a child centric method for teaching children at their own pace while letting students learn from older kids, believed in reading and early childhood development.

 

Early childhood education is the key to the betterment of society. When you have solved the problem of controlling the attention of the child, you have solved the entire problem of its education. At three years of age, the child has already laid the foundations of the human personality and needs the special help of education in the school.

 

Dr. Alan Mendelsohn of NYU recently published a paper stating that the key take-home message is that when parents read and play with their children when they are very young has really large impacts on their children’s behavior. He further shares the importance of families needing to know that when they read and play with their children, they’re helping them learn to control their own behavior so they will come to school able to manage the business of paying attention and learning.

 

Parents and kids should work together.  Gardening, drawing, doing crafts, playing and roughhousing are real parent-kid relationship builders.

 

At the same time, though, let’s let kids be kids and not over-include them in our adult lives.

 

Building Empathy, Passion and Confidence in Kids

Maria Montessori said:

Years 0 to 6 were for the most formative soft skills

Years 6 to 12 were for learning all the time

Years 12-18 they are looking at themselves again

Years 18-24 were all about learning again

 

Dr. Montessori’s teachings confirm that a confident and successful independent person starts early. Natural cycles are a part of any child’s life. 

 

Here at Lifetime Montessori, it’s about teaching each child at their own chosen speed. 

It’s also about building character traits, self-esteem, confidence, independence and leadership.