This week’s activity is for those children who are just about to start reading, emergent readers. It’s called the Object Box One. All of the objects are consonant-vowel-consonant words, and can be sounded out. Words with blends or double vowels will be in Object Boxes 2 & 3. Many of the object shown below …
Seems like these days I’m always making something new, It must be a teacher’s never-ending nesting. Montessori for my own children has become a passion for me, and an extreme benefit to my girls. While I’m creating something new for school, I’m making something tailored just for my three beauties. This week, I made them …
I giggle when I look back at my first visit to a Montessori Classroom. A small child had tripped and dropped the Trinomial Cube, and I had no idea how to help get it back together. Without experience with materials, it would be a little tough to figure them out and see their purpose. Luckily …
In Montessori Teacher Training, we learned how to show the Movable Alphabet to children at the time when they have a decent vocabulary of the letter’s sounds. The teacher opens it like a book and marvels at all the letters as the first introduction. At my house, I have two three year olds who love and …
This week, I decided to look through our children’s books. We had to make space for new books. I had been collecting children’s books before I was a Mom, and it’s a bit much! Some had to go, while others got displayed for immediate reading. Here’s the checklist I went with for what to keep. It may …