Montessori In Action

Good day! :)

Relating back to the last post, here are some photos of the kids at work with the homemade materials. We’ve created many but in this post is a sampling of just a few of the language materials, specifically. Every project we’ve worked on together - revamping the classrooms, creating a curriculum in Montessori, training Special Ed. teachers, etc. - all of it really comes down to child literacy, and that our students may have a more hands-on, activity-focused way to learn the vowels and letters and eventually how to read!

The activities and the purpose of each will hopefully be more or less clear from the photos and corresponding descriptions. For every activity included here, the teachers have had training on the Montessori process and how to work on each in lessons with the students. There’s a whole manual they have with a section devoted just to language, and a page with instructions regarding the process and purpose for every single activity you see here. It’s simple enough to understand but the work behind it is a little more extensive than the pictures can show, but these are just pictures and words trying to sum everything up, after all! 

(Pictures are from mid-March)

Bandeja Fonetica, Grupo Amarillo - grouping upper and lower case letters

Cuatro Esquinas, Grupo Amarillo - identifying images that begin with the same letter

Sonido Inicial, Grupo Amarillo - identifying the first letter of words with a corresponding picture

3ro y 4to students at work (Montessori-style!)on the rugs

Letras de Lija, Grupo Amarillo - matching sandpaper upper and lowercase letters

Tarjetas con Pinitos - Sonido Inicial, Grupo Amarillo - identifying the first letter of a word, with picture, with choice of 3 letters

Tarjetas con Pinitos, Grupo Amarillo - spelling words according to corresponding picture

Montessori work using the tables in Pre-Primaria class

Bandeja Fonetica, Grupo Rojo - grouping upper and lowercase vowels

Cuatro Esquinas, Grupo Rojo - identifying images that begin with the same vowel

Tarjeta Larga con Imagenes, Grupo Rojo - identifying images that begin with the same vowel

Letras de Lija - Minuscula, Grupo Rojo - lowercase sandpaper vowels

Letras de Lija - Mayusculo, Grupo Rojo - uppercase sandpaper vowels

Diferentes Formas de Letras, Grupo Rojo - matching different forms of vowels together

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