How Does Montessori Teach Writing and Reading?
Workshop for both parents and educators on teaching literacy - how do children learn to read and write?
This 2hr interactive workshop will present an overview of the Montessori language curriculum for children 3 through 18 years. It will cover the all-important question of how children learn to read in their early years and the first three years of school. It will also include a presentation of the fourth cosmic Great Story about the development of written communication. Literacy doesn’t stop there of course, so the presentation will also cover language development for 9-12 year-olds and adolescents.
Montessori schools have had a very consistent approach to teaching writing and reading for over a century, an approach anchored in the scientific observations and experimentation of Dr Montessori. This workshop begins by putting participants in the place of the young child learning to read by having them learn to read an alphabet of invented symbols. Once participants understand how the pre-literate child feels when confronted with an unfamiliar script, they are in a better position to appreciate the foundations that are laid in sensory development in the early years all the way through literacy instruction in the upper years. This workshop will demystify questions such as why learning to write precedes learning to read in Montessori classrooms, the reverse of how literacy is taught in traditional classrooms. It will also include a full presentation of the fourth Great Story about the development of written communication throughout history.
6:00pm to 8:00pm (Brisbane time)
Atttendance options:
1. Online (via Zoom)
2. In person at Brisbane Montessori School, 12 Mactier St, Fig Tree Pocket QLD 4069
