Complete EC Classroom Collection

The Complete EC Classroom Collection is Maitri Learning's full Montessori language curriculum for ages 3–6+ in a single purchase: every English card set and book Maitri makes for early childhood, laminated and ready to use in one classroom. It spans the entire Montessori language sequence — vocabulary and oral language, phonological awareness, phonics and decoding, reading fluency, spelling, grammar, and reading comprehension — so a classroom has one coherent, Science of Reading-aligned set instead of assembling materials product by product.

Why a complete, sequenced material set matters for reading

Reading development isn't a single skill — it's the product of many sub-skills built up together over years. Scarborough (2001) modeled this as a "reading rope": strands like vocabulary, background knowledge, and phonological awareness woven together with decoding and print recognition, all needing to strengthen in parallel for skilled reading to emerge. Gough and Tunmer's Simple View of Reading (1986) narrows this to its two pillars: decoding and language comprehension, multiplied together — you need strength in both sides to become a strong reader. Ehri (2014) further showed that children move through predictable phases of word recognition, from pre-alphabetic to fully alphabetic to consolidated, orthographic reading, and that each phase depends on skills built in the one before it.

A classroom working from a complete, sequential set — rather than isolated components — can follow this progression as the research describes it: phonological awareness before phonics, phonics before fluency work, vocabulary and grammar building alongside everything. The Complete EC Classroom Collection is built to support that continuity, giving a classroom every stage of the sequence at once.

What's included

The Complete Classroom Collection includes all of the following:

• Complete set of Basic Vocabulary Cards (26 packets)
• Complete set of Matching Cards (26 packets)
• Complete set of Geography Cards (Series 1, 2, and 3)
  
• Complete collection of Fine Art cards (All series in all available formats)
• Sandpaper letters download so you can make your own (we recommend cursive)
  
• Letter-Sound Charts
• 3-Part Letter Sound Cards
• Traditional, Phonogram, Black, Blue, and Red Movable Alphabets (5 alphabets) (you can specify font; we recommend cursive for traditional and phonogram and print for black, blue, and red)
• Complete Phonetic Reading Card Set (Levels 1, 2, 3, and 4; 36 packets)
• Phonetic Activity Cards 
• Phonetic Word Cards 
• Puzzle Words 
• Phonogram Lists
• Dwyer Phonogram Spelling Folders (paper envelope pouches)
  
• Phonogram Dictionary (we recommend cursive sorted alphabetically)
• Complete set of 3-Part Reading Cards (28 packets)
  
• Carnivore, Herbivore, and Omnivore 3-Part Sorting Cards
• Complete Grammar/Function of Words card set 
• Complete Word Study card set
• Word Study Spelling Charts
  
• Complete Zoology 3-part card set (18 packets)
• Complete set of "Parts of" 3-part cards (18 packets)
• Complete set of Advanced Vocabulary Cards (20 packets)
• Complete set of Definition Cards (21 packets)
• Complete set of Definition Books (21 books)
• Complete Math Equation Set (we recommend black numerals for addition, multiplication, subtraction, short/long division)
• Free Bonus: Our guide to Setting up the Language Area

If you need help refining your presentations for any of these materials, add on our Language Teacher Education Album/Manual. If you'd like to start smaller than this, check out our Classroom Kits.

Add-on cloth pouches for an organized, elegant, and systematic way to display and present these language materials. Click on Product Details below for more information.

Made in the USA. All of our materials meet or exceed CPSIA standards.

You can learn more about the Montessori early childhood language program by reading our blog posts.