Montessori: Letter Work | Children’s Early Learning Book

The scientific pedagogy of Maria Montessori informed a revolution in education that continues today, 100 years later. Montessori schools focus on hands-on learning with specifically designed materials that allow students to understand the world through methodical and self-directed work. According to Montessori, play is work and the explorations of children are what ultimately lead to their learning and understanding.
Using materials and methods common to Montessori classrooms, these interactive board book immerse young children in an aesthetically rich learning experience, while providing parents and caregivers with carefully crafted language to encourage understanding. In Montessori classrooms, students learn to write before they learn to read, so the process is driven by their own words and thoughts before those of others. Letters are taught first as sounds (instead of names), and alphabet tiles encourage children to trace each letter with their fingers. This book honours that tradition by emulating the standard classroom material with touchable, traceable letters and beautiful colours that evoke the elegant simplicity of the Montessori aesthetic
►Authors: Bobby George, June George, Alyssa Nassner
►Reading Age: 3 Years And Older
►Details: Board Book | 14 pages | 25.2 x 12.3 cm
►About the Authors: Bobby George is a lifelong student and entrepreneur, with a PhD in philosophy. George and his wife, June, founded and run Baan Dek—the first Montessori school in South Dakota. They also own and operate Montessorium, a Montessori app company. They live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Alyssa Nassner is an illustrator and hand letterer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.