After a great deal of observation and documentation, Maria Montessori observed that language forms in the human mind at birth and stems from an observation of sound and voices from the environment. The work in the pre-reading section is designed to expand upon this principle by focusing on vocabulary and the students ability to articulate stories and events. Terminology of the classroom, show and tell, and matching exercises help the student begin to tie words and phrases to ideas and these connections allow them to expand upon this concept later.
