Thursday, October 16, 2008

Learning to Read

According to experts, every child can learn how to read at an early age. They will show you when they're ready, there's no need to force it. As parents, all we have to do is give them the opportunity.

According to Montessori, more important than learning the alphabet, is learning the sounds of the letters. Once they know the alphabet phonetically, they can put the sounds together to make words:




Beginning of autumn in our back yard:


(I will post more pictures soon of the breath-taking colors of New England falls!)

2 comments:

Julie McKinney said...

I love it!

Anonymous said...

Brilliant mind and heart! I can just see the smiles from the Concourse! Love, Uncle David