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Phonics is a way of teaching children to read quickly by recognizing the sounds that each individual letter makes. Once these sounds are identified they can combine the sounds of the letters into combinations which make up the words being read. This blending of the sounds that letters make to create words is fundamental to the blending approach of phonics. Children learn to read and decode new words using this method rather than memorizing lists of words by rote.
The Montessori reading curriculum leans heavily on this phonics foundation and has three key components; a strong basis in phonics, comprehension based on visualizing, and learning to read for meaning using contextual clues. Montessori phonics and reading combines the sensory approach of the learning methods pioneered by Montessori with today’s focus on phonetic learning. Children learn to encode and bring the words together as a whole before they decode them to actually read. Montessori phonics and reading materials and learning aids are divided into age and developmentally appropriate activities and learning objectives. These focus on children understanding how the sounds represent symbols and how these symbols combine to create words.
The Montessori methods focus on developing children’s gross and fine motor skills and this complements the learning of reading. Montessori phonics and reading includes tracing the letters in various materials such as sandpaper which draws on the sensory approach common to the fundamental learning principles of Montessori education. Similarly, children are taught to hold a pencil and control it to create the letters required for reading and writing.