Montessori's fourth great lesson is known as The Story of Written Communication, The Story of Language and/or The Story of Written Language. The story begins with the Stone Age and continues on to the system we use today all over the world and includes the contributions of Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. It even includes a reference to the binary system. The Story of Language can be told repeatedly to children from the age of six all the way through to age 12. Every re-telling of the s