Children show a great attachment to the abstract subjects when they arrive at them through manual activity. Montessori Sensorial learning is viewed as the foundation for all later learning throughout life. The power of order is basic when considering math for the 3-6 classroom. Order links the impressions of a student's outer world with his inner world. The purpose of math materials in the Montessori preschool curriculum is not to teach math at an early age, but rather to assist each child in developing their own process and personality.
Language is one of the characteristics which distinguish man from the animals.
It is a gift of nature bestowed on him alone. While children of six years of age need at least two years to learn how to write, and do so with much difficulty and against nature, children of four years learn this 'second language' within a few months. Montessori Language is the method of communication between people through speech and the written word. Montessori brings the child from speech to printing and then to reading and comprehending the words which he has written. Montessori's first Children's House, that made her method world-famous.