Additional Reading LA Kroenke, Your Baby Can Read!® and Montessori Education, Infants and Toddlers, 13, po . 3 (2009) pp. 5-11. W Kroenke, Infant Cognition and the Sensitive Period for Learning, Infants and Toddlers, 13, No. 4 (2009) pp. 14-19. C Chiassen, Incorporating Your Baby Can Read!®  in the Toddler Classroom, Infants and Toddler, 14, No.1, (2010) pp.5-8.

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Montessorians have long recognized the sensitive period of the absorbent mind for language. However, it has not been widely recognized that babies and very young infants also have the capacity to begin to develop fundamental reading skills. The ability to communicate verbally and to read at a very early age provide toddlers and preschoolers the tools, which will greatly facilitate advanced learning.

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The commercially available Your Baby Can Read!® program has much in common with with the fundamental principles of Montessori education and is an effective tool for helping babies and infants learn to read.

	Early Reading, Brain Research and the Your Baby Can Read!® System Infants are prewired at birth to naturally and effortlessly absorb the fundamentals of vocabulary, the prerequisite for speaking and reading. As shown on the Human Brain Development Chart, the sensitive period for language peaks at 8-months. It ends at about 5-6 years. Learning vocabulary and reading will be difficult for a child who misses this sensitive period.