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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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33 COLOURED BOXES FOR GRAMMAR CARDS

MLN-0038
The activity with grammar boxes is presented to the child starting from approximately 5 years of age, when the interest in words arises and when the child has already worked with grammatical symbols. The grammatical boxes are marked with different colors depending on the part of speech on which the work is focused at the time. The color of each...
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A METAL COLOURED LANGUAGE INSETS

MLN-0006
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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BOX FOR 14x14 CARDS

MLN-0004
This square open wooden box is exactly big enough to fit in the 15x15 cards used in combination with the language insets (MLN-0006).
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BOXES FOR RED AND BLUE PRINTED ALPHABET

MLN-0022
The material is offered to the child when he has already worked with the large mobile alphabet and knows all the letters of the alphabet; the work is also useful when he has begun to work on the parts of speech. The composition of words and sentences using the red and blue alphabet pair allows for exercises on compound words, prefixes and suffixes.
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COLOURED CARDS FOR GRAMMAR BOXES

MLN-0036
The activity with grammar boxes is presented to the child starting from approximately 5 years of age, when the interest in words arises and when the child has already worked with grammatical symbols. The grammatical boxes are marked with different colors depending on the part of speech on which the work is focused at the time. The color of each...
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COLOURED GRAMMAR BOXES

MLN-0032
This rich material is presented to the child starting from approximately 5 years of age, when the interest in words arises and when the child has already worked with grammatical symbols. The grammatical boxes are marked with different colors depending on the part of speech on which the work is focused at the time. The color of each compartment box does...
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COLOURED GRAMMAR BOXES - SERIES 1

MLN-0034
This rich material is presented to the child starting from approximately 5 years of age, when the interest in words arises and when the child has already worked with grammatical symbols. The grammatical boxes are marked with different colors depending on the part of speech on which the work is focused at the time. The color of each compartment box does...
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COLOURED GRAMMAR BOXES - SERIES 2

MLN-0035
This rich material is presented to the child starting from approximately 5 years of age, when the interest in words arises and when the child has already worked with grammatical symbols. The grammatical boxes are marked with different colors depending on the part of speech on which the work is focused at the time. The color of each compartment box does...
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COMPLETE DRAWING MATERIAL

MLN-0001
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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copy of A METAL COLOURED LANGUAGE INSETS

MLN-0003
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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copy of COLOURED GRAMMAR BOXES

MLN-0033
This rich material is presented to the child starting from approximately 5 years of age, when the interest in words arises and when the child has already worked with grammatical symbols. The grammatical boxes are marked with different colors depending on the part of speech on which the work is focused at any given time.
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copy of PMMA GRAMMAR SYMBOLS WITH INDEX BOX

MLN-0025.3
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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copy of STANDS FOR LANGUAGE INSETS

MLN-0007
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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CURSIVE LETTERS WALL BOARDS

MLN-0014
Con questo materiale, da appendere alle pareti dell'ambiente ad altezza adeguata, il bambino può verificare la forma corretta di ogni lettera, che ha già conosciuto lavorando con le lettere incavate: un utilissimo aiuto per lui, che comincia a scrivere e può verificare in autonomia se il suo lavoro lo soddisfa.
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DRAWING SHELF

MLN-0002
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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FELT GRAMMAR SYMBOLS

MLN-0026.3
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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FELT LETTERS FOR MOVABLE ALPHABET

MLN-0016
This alphabet can be used with children who have started to work with the hollowed letters, 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 be...
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HOLLOWED CAPITAL LETTERS

MLN-0013
The hollowed 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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HOLLOWED LETTERS - CURSIVE LOWERCASE

MLN-0010
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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HOLLOWED LETTERS - CURSIVE UPPERCASE

MLN-0011
The hollowed 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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HOLLOWED LETTERS - PRINTED LOWERCASE

MLN-0012
The hollowed 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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LENAS - THE BEEHIVE

LEN04
Work with this material is recommended for children ages six and up and guides them to understand each part of speech in its specific function, starting with a comprehensive presentation of all the interrelated parts. The LENAS materials are the result of a collaboration between Montessori Craft and Fondazione Montessori Italia with Francesca Collovà, an...
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LENAS - THE GRAMMATICAL NECKLACE

LEN03
Work with this material is recommended for children aged six and up and introduces them to the parts of speech in the form of representations. The narration of Maria Montessori's story—presented here in a very free and personal version—provides the opportunity to create a magical moment that captures the group's collective attention and prepares the child...
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LENAS - THE HEDGEHOG OF THE LANGUAGE PARTS

LEN01
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 - THE TREE OF VERBS

LEN02
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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