The Use Of Montessori Pedagogy In Children's Speech And Language Development Promotion

The article carries out a research and analysis of theoretical knowledge and empirical observations by Maria Montessori in the context of contemporary discoveries in neuroscience, as well as a summary of the practical use of the didactic principles and materials by Montessori pedagogy for promoting the speech and language development of preschool children. There is a short summary of the research results and analysis carried out on the operating basis of the Alternative Education Centre by Liepaja University Institute of Educational Sciences. The results of the theoretical and empirical research confirm that the theoretical knowledge and empirical observations by M. Montessori coincide with the conclusions of neuroscience nowadays, playing a significant role in the development process and promotion of language development, in the comprehension of the disorder pathogenesis of language development from a holistic approach in a context of competence-based preschool education acquiring. Whereas the practical use of Montessori pedagogy and Montessori therapeutic pedagogy, promote the development of preschool children's speech and language, considering the multi-structural model of speech and language development.