New preschool, big improvement!

September 25, 2010

I just want to personally recommend Montessori method to anyone looking for a

new preschool for their kids with speech issues.

I had my son in a two-day-a-week program this summer, but saw no real effect

from it on his speech. I was pleased to see that he would fit himself into their

program and generally not make much trouble, but I didn't think he was really

gaining anything from them beyond some socialization.

He's been in a Montessori program, every morning 8:30-11:30, for about a month.

It's like speech therapy every day!!! They work on phonics and letter sounds and

sing songs and do teaching activities they call works, where each child works on

the task at their own pace. They teach eating and drinking and self-care skills,

they work on sharing and other social skills. I had my daughter in this school

when she was 3 until age 5, and I knew it was great for teaching " normal " kids,

but I had no idea it could do so much for my son's speech delay (disorder?).

has said his first " real " sentence this past week, at 2 1/2. He said " I

want strawberries " as he drifted off to sleep for his nap. I had to stop myself

from screaming with joy so that I wouldn't wake him. Now, no one but me would

know that was what he was saying ( " Awa saw bay ees " ), and I also credit the EFAs

with helping us SO much along the way, but this constant, daily, intensive

interaction at a Montessori school has truly given him a shove forward.

I'm sure any kind of program that is an hour or so a day of these sorts of

activities would do the same thing.

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