""The
only way of progress and increasing perfection is by repeating
reading with interest"
- Dr Maria Montessori-
We realise that whatever language development the child
has to conquer at any given point can only be done on the
basis of past conquests. In other words, when we want to
know what the child is able to achieve at any given point,
we have to know what he has already achieved up to that
moment.
We need to give him a sense of freedom to enjoy the language
We also help the child in self-expression by enriching his
experiences.
When the Child is 3.5 years of age he will need more challenging
and more direct assistance to develop his spoken language
on various planes. We need to consider what form of help
he would need, and how best we can help him.
In order to become conscious of the complete spoken language,
we have to apply the method of analysis
1. Phonics
- One form of help we can offer the child is helping him
analyze sentences into different components.
- To help the child become conscious of the sounds of his
spoken language, on a phonetic level.
To help the child prepare himself for reading by developing
the capacity to recognise sounds for which the letter symbolises.
Visual memory for shape of letters is developed.
Writing
comes as an outer manifestation, a consequence of inner
development having been achieved; a vital development
conquest that comes spontaneously, that appears explosively
as a result of the fusion of several long hidden multi-motivated
but convergent indirect preparations.