Language Materials

Language Materials

The Montessori approach considers the learning of language as a long and complex road. This road will carry through various phases corresponding to temporal periods when the child is inclined to different acquisitions (sensitive periods). As from its first months, the child absorbs its mother tongue from the environment thanks to its innate predisposition (“nebular” energy). Then, through practical life and working with sensorial materials, the child will develop the capacity to make fluid movements and start to write. By guiding the hand with the language materials the child will approach reading and continue developing its intellectual activity with more advanced materials.

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BIG MOVABLE ALPHABET WITH CAPITAL LETTERS

LI06
€144.00
This alphabet can be used with children who have started to work with the sandpaper letters (LI03), when they recognise all the vowels and at least ten consonants. Once their minds are ready to compose a word, the children can associate the sounds to the letters. This work is excellent as preparation for reading which, as Maria Montessori observed, will...
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BOX FOR 15x15 CARDS

LI19
€24.00
This square open wooden box is exactly big enough to fit in the 15x15 cards used in combination with the language insets (LI01).
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LENAS - LANGUAGE PARTS HEDGEHOG

LEN01
€125.00
This material can be used from seven years onwards, when the child is already acquainted with the grammatical symbols. It offers the opportunity to deepen the knowledge of the speech parts with the precious guide of hand activity. The muscular movement, as Maria Montessori already taught us and as neuro scientific research now shows, affirms and...
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LENAS - TREE OF VERBS

LEN02
€155.00
This material can be used from seven years onwards to master the analysis of the verb with the guidance of hand activity, without confining it to abstraction. Hand activity is very rewarding and helps the child to fix progressively acquired knowledge in its memory. The LENAS materials come forth from the collaborations between Montessori Craft and...
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MATERIAL FOR THE ANALYSIS OF READING SET 1 (A)

LI12
€65.00
This material can be used parallel to grammar analysis to introduce the analysis of the phrase and of the sentence. According to the Montessori approach the child will gradually move from the sensorial plane (manipulation of objects) to the abstract knowledge plane. With this material the child will learn the relationship between the verb and the families...
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MATERIAL FOR THE ANALYSIS OF READING SET 1 (B)

LI13
€95.00
This material can be used parallel to grammar analysis to introduce the analysis of the phrase and of the sentence. According to the Montessori approach the child will gradually move from the sensorial plane (manipulation of objects) to the abstract knowledge plane. With this material the child will get a deeper knowledge of the relationship between the...
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MOVABLE ALPHABET WITH EUROPEAN CURSIVE LETTERS

LI05
€163.00
This alphabet can be used with children who have started to work with the sandpaper letters (LI03), when they recognise all the vowels and at least ten consonants. Once their minds are ready to compose a word, the children can associate the sounds to the letters. This work is excellent as preparation for reading which, as Maria Montessori observed, will...
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PMMA GRAMMAR SYMBOLS WITH INDEX BOX

LI09
€55.00
This material reproduces the movable symbols of the parts of speech proposed by Maria Montessori. It can be used even before the age of six in preparation of grammar (to be studied more deeply in the following years).
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PMMA LANGUAGE INSETS

LI01
€93.00
The language insets (also called the metal insets because originally they were made of varnished metal) can be used from the age of three years. The direct aim is to develop fine motor skills in preparation for writing. Moreover, it educates the visual sense for geometry and helps to better comprehend geometrical design
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PRINTED ALPHABET

LI21
€88.00
This material can be used when the child has already worked with the movable big alphabets (LI05 and LI06) and knows all the letters of the alphabet. It is also useful when the child has started to work on the parts of speech. The printed alphabet enables the child to do many exercises and it can be used for composing the sentence. It is available in...
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SAND TRAY WITH SMOOTHING TOOL

LI14
€57.00
This tray can be used from 3-4 years onwards if the child has already started to work with the sandpaper letters (LI03 and LI04) which can be used as examples. Further on, after working with the language insets (LI01), this activity refines manual coordination and is an excellent preparation for reading which, as Maria Montessori observed, will be...
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SANDPAPER CAPITAL LETTERS

LI04
€130.00
The sandpaper letters have been created so as to allow a small child, 3-4 years old, to express its potentials by working exactly there where development of language is most favourable. The aim of the material is to help the child to fix the form of each letter in its muscle memory and to fix the corresponding sound in its hearing memory. This work, which...
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SANDPAPER LETTERS - EUROPEAN CURSIVE

LI03
€140.00
The sandpaper letters have been created so as to allow a small child, 3-4 years old, to express its potentials by working exactly there where development of language is most favourable. The aim of the material is to help the child to fix the form of each letter in its muscle memory and to fix the corresponding sound in its hearing memory. This work, which...
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SINGLE STAND FOR LANGUAGE INSETS

LI02-A
€38.00
These stands can be used for the language insets but also for the fraction insets (art. MA15 and MA15-A). The language insets can be used from the age of three years. The direct aim is to develop fine motor skills in preparation for writing. Moreover, it educates the visual sense for geometry and helps to better comprehend geometrical design.
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STANDS FOR LANGUAGE INSETS

LI02
€75.00
These stands can be used for the language insets but also for the fraction insets (art. MA15 and MA15-A). The language insets can be used from the age of three years. The direct aim is to develop fine motor skills in preparation for writing. Moreover, it educates the visual sense for geometry and helps to better comprehend geometrical design.
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SYLLABLES DAISY (WITHOUT LETTERS)

LI20
€36.00
This material is to be used together with the cursive movable alphabet (LI05) when the child already knows some consonants. It integrates the knowledge of the composition of the syllabi through the combination of consonants and vowels so as to compose syllabi sounds. Therefore this material prepares for composing words and then for reading.
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TEMPLATE TO TRACE GRAMMAR SYMBOLS

LI11
€9.00
This material reproduces the parts of speech proposed by Maria Montessori. It can be used even before the age of six in preparation of grammar (to be studied more deeply in the following years).
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TWO COLOURS PRINTED ALPHABET

LI08
€170.00
This material can be used when the child has already worked with the movable big alphabets (LI05 and LI06) and knows all the letters. It is also useful when the child has started to work on the parts of speech. The composition of words and sentences, using the alphabets of LI08 enables the child to exercise with complex words, prefixes and suffixes. In...
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WOODEN BOARD FOR THE BIG ALPHABET

LI05-B
€25.00
The big alphabet can be used with children who have started to work with the sandpaper letters (LI03), when they recognise all the vowels and at least ten consonants. Once their minds are ready to compose a word, the children can associate the sounds to the letters. This work is excellent as preparation for reading which, as Maria Montessori observed,...
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