<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp46be3da6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I am redeveloping my business in this area and could help. Will send more informaiton in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp46be3da6signature">_______________________________________________________________________</div><div class="ydp46be3da6signature"> DEBORAH JILL CHITESTER M.S.,CCC/SLP<div>Check out our Second Language Literacy Learning Facebook page</div><div>our new google groups culturalcompetenceineducation<br><div> Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist Second Language, Literacy & Learning Connection, LLC </div><div> -Attaining Success for Second Language Learners- Web Site: www.SLLLC.org </div><div><br></div></div></div></div>
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On Monday, April 7, 2025 at 12:09:58 PM EDT, Myrna Goldstein via Edling <edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp46be3da6yiv6962877493"><div><div>Hello, after some thought about this, might Colorado look at how Maria Montessori taught children how to read and write and how her approach paid off. <div><br clear="none"></div><div>For openers, she had the learners teach themselves, and the teachers as <u style="font-style:italic;">facilitators</u>, not <b><i>teachers</i></b><i>.</i> In Montessori's school, during a government "inspection", one of the government overseers approached a child writing and "cleverly" asked, <i>"Who taught you how to write?"</i> Surprised, at the question, she responded without one iota of hesitation, <i>"Why, I did!" </i><div><br clear="none"></div><div>This might be a good place to start: Have all the children rub with their fingers hollowed out wood letters. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I'm studying her work now, but mostly from the cognitive language learning perspective. However, I'm sure she had much to say about the matter Colorado is energetically reviewing. Perhaps her book "The Child's Mind" (<i>La mente del bambino</i>, for those who prefer her in the original Italian) might hold some clues as also might a few trips to Montessori schools trigger some productive integrative possibilities.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I love seemingly impossibilities!</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Will write more if I come across any Montessori specifics about reading and writing.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>If anyone sees my messages, I wish them my best of luck!</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Myrna Goldstein</div><div>Switzerland</div></div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp46be3da6yiv6962877493gmail_quote"><div id="ydp46be3da6yiv6962877493yqt90015" class="ydp46be3da6yiv6962877493yqt8096052173"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp46be3da6yiv6962877493gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 15:59 Francis M. Hult via Edling <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">edling@lists.mail.umbc.edu</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp46be3da6yiv6962877493gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Chalkbeat<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Colorado teachers need help teaching English learners to read. The state wants more training.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">While Colorado is seeing some improvement in reading instruction, some students continue to struggle.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">As a result, the Colorado Department of Education is seeking $3.3 million in the 2025-26 education budget to create new training for teachers to teach English learners to read. It would be used to help teachers differentiate instruction for those students.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Full story:<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/03/12/english-learner-teachers-need-help-teaching-reading-state-and-survey-find/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/03/12/english-learner-teachers-need-help-teaching-reading-state-and-survey-find/</a></div>
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