Supporting Your Children’s Natural Growth in Language and Literacy

Christine Lowry, a Montessori special educator with expertise in language and literacy development, will share ideas based on current research that advocates using a natural, relaxed approach to learn and love reading. She will explain how to use a “serve and return” approach to speaking with your child from birth on, along with ideas on how to increase their vocabulary, structure sentences with ease, and ask “open-ended questions.” Over the last half century or more educators have tried so many ways to teach children earlier and faster to read. Almost all were unsuccessful with far too many children. Now neuroscience has found that repetition, reading, and talking together actually works best. Join us for this interesting and informative discussion.