Ginny Varga talks about the sensitive period for language that infants and toddlers have during the first three years of life.

A new DVD with Ginny Varga discussing movement, order and language will be provided free with the purchase of either, “Preparation for Life: Montessori Infant-Toddler Communities” or with the “Infant-Toddler Assistant Training” package. Three individual clips, shot in high definition, illustrate Ginny’s insights with classroom footage. Please call to request this special offer. [...]

EVP is packaging a free DVD with certain purchases. With the purchase of “Nurturing the Love of Learning: Montessori for the Early Childhood Years” we are offering a new DVD with Anna Perry talking about the five curriculum areas. These five clips are drawn from the “Montessori for Parents Podcast” and will provide [...]

Ginny Varga of the Center for Montessori Teacher Education explains the sensitive period for movement for infants and toddlers.

Montessori recognized early on that infants and toddlers develop knowledge rapidly in the areas of movement, order and language.
Early drafts of the next two podcasts on the sensitive periods of movement and order are now available on YouTube to review.
Movement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2qhq3GwyWQ
Order: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE6NpPI0zs4

The sixth episode of the “Montessori for Parents Podcast” covers the early childhood cultural curriculum. We now have given an overview of all five of the early childhood curriculum areas. In future episodes, we will go into more detail about each one. In the next three episodes, we will cover the infant-toddler [...]

An overview of the Montessori early childhood cultural curriculum with Anna Perry from the Seton Montessori Institute.

Anna Perry from the Seton Montessori Institute describes how the early childhood Montessori language curriculum uses a phonetic approach combined with hands on materials that help children learn the mechanics of writing. Moveable alphabets allow children to practice writing. The best way to subscribe to the podcasts is through the iTunes music store. [...]

Anna Perry describes how the early childhood Montessori language curriculum uses a phonetic approach combined with hands on materials that help children learn the mechanics of writing. Moveable alphabets allow children to practice writing.