Birth to the age six is very important in the development of language in a child. At the age of one, the child wants
everyone to hear and know his/her feelings. At 18 months, he/she discovers that everything has a name.
At age two a significant explosion occurs, in which sounds start to become words, and suddenly the child’s vocabulary
increases. After two, those words start to form into sentences. Maria Montessori says that if two languages were to be
introduced during this time period, for example if both parents speak different languages, then the child would most
effectively absorb both of the languages, and be able to speak them correctly.
Our objective, here at Park Point, is to introduce child to at least two or three languages, and greater emphasis on
English as:
