An introduction to the lessons that help develop a rich spoken vocabulary in the young child.

Everyday spoken conversations build a strong language foundation during the young child's sensitive period for language. This video gives ideas to stimulate conversation with your child.

The ancient art of storytelling is a vital part of developing your child's verbal language and comprehension. Verbal stories start when a child is very young and continues throughout her or his entire life.

Poetry is an engaging form of spoken language that introduces rhythm and rhyme to the young child. Learning poems is a great memory exercise and often introduces rich vocabulary.

Using puppets to tell stories, aid in conversations, poetry and song is very helpful for the development of language.

The Question Game is a verbal exploration of the structure of a sentence. It is verbal sentence analysis or diagramming a sentence. This work starts early and continues as a preface to work with the written material when the child is older.

The verbal analysis of the sounds that make up words is key to the child's ability to hear the individual sounds in language. This prepares the child for work with the moveable alphabet and reading.

This game uses objects to analyze the sounds within a word. This is a fun game that helps children hear the sounds in a word and prepares them for composing and reading words.

This video introduces a classic Montessori language material called the "Three-Part Language Cards". A wide variety of cards and supplemental materials are used to build vocabulary in the young child and prepares the child for writing and reading.

Here are some simple ideas on how to store and care for the three-part language cards.

These presentations cover the first three lessons involving the Montessori Three-Part Language Cards. The first is as a catalyst for conversation. The second is visual sensorial matching of the cards. The third is the introduction of the vocabulary using a three-period lesson.

The Three-Part Language cards are a great source of words for your child to build with the moveable alphabet and then have the control of error on the labeled card to check their work.

The 3-Part Language cards are designed to be a multi-purpose material that can be used for spoken language, word building, and ultimately reading. The reading labels are read and matched to the blank cards and the the labeled cards are used as a control of error.

Mrs. Cummesky reads and sings this story based on the song "Over in the Meadow". A counting book that introduces animals and different rivers of America.