Montessori’s birthday walk is such a fun celebration. Your birthday child will love it. Here are the print-outs and how to do this celebration.
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Alphabet Sounds
Learning the names of the alphabet was one of the last lessons we introduced to the preschool/kindergarten class. The sounds of the letters of the alphabet were introduced first. This approach seemed to help especially children with delayed speech.
Dr. Maria Montessori was an always observing how all children learn. I’m always astounded at her insight.
Beginning Reading Lessons
Reading Ideas
Some children have trouble with the transition of reading phonetic words to non-phonetic words. Here are some ideas that might help.
Montessori Word List for Reading, Spelling and Writing
How to Use the Word List
Phonogram Words-Key to reading
Phonogram words are taught to make reading and spelling easier for children. They are basically the exception to the rule of phonetic words.
Here is a list of phonogram words to help teach fluent reading, spelling and writing.
-ing- words
- king
- ring
- fling
- bring
- sing
- wing
- fling
- spring
- sling
Phonetic Word List
It is helpful to have a phonetic word list for spelling, reading and writing.
Here is the phonetic word list we used in our classroom.
a-(short a)
- pan
- bag
- cat
- man
- bat
- hat
- pat
- van
- tap
- fan
- rat
- mat
Hurricane Printout
End and Beginning of the Year
Movement of the Earth
The earth moves constantly. Sometimes it moves suddenly causing an earthquake.
Check out more and free printables at montessorimom.com
