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Montessori Language Lessons for 3- to 9-Year-Olds

 Recommended for parents, homeschoolers, and educators who are new to Montessori.


I work with my hands and learn by doing. 
What I hear I forget, what I do I remember.
--Maria Montessori




 

The program includes:

  • Web site access for one year to my Montessori language lesson plans appropriate for three- to nine-year-olds 
  • The average lesson plan is one to three pages long... some have graphics, some are text only
  • Lesson plans are easy to download and save to your computer
  • Digital pictures of my own hand-made Montessori materials (when applicable)

Montessori lessons & articles:

Language 3- to 4-year-olds:
  • Language Intro (text only)
  • I Spy Game (text only)
  • Sand Paper Sounds/Letters
  • Write SPS
  • Movable Alphabet
  • How to Make
Phonetic Word Lists (text only) 4- to 5-year-olds:
  • Short vowel three letter words
  • Short vowel 4-5 letter words
  • More puzzle words
  • Double consonants "ss," "ll," and "ff."
Phonetic Word Lists (text only) 6- to 7-year-olds:
  • Long vowel "a" words "ai," "a-e," "ay."
  • Long vowel "e" words "ea," "ee," "ey," "ie," "-y."
  • Long vowel "i" words "ie," "i-e," "igh," "-y," "i," "uy."
  • Long vowel "o" words "oa," "oe," "o-e," "ow," "o."
  • Phonetic word list: "oo," "ou," "ue," "u-e," "ew."
  • Phonetic word list: "ar," "al," "au."
  • Phonetic word list with "r": "er," "ir," "or," "ur."
  • Diphthong Vowel Sounds: "ou," "ow," "ough," "oy," "oi."
  • Diphthong Vowel Sounds: "ew," "ue," "u-e," "ei," "aigh," "eigh."
  • Diphthong Vowel Sounds: "a," "e," "i," "o," "u."
Writing 4- to 7-year-olds:
  • Intro to Writing (text only)
  • Learning to Write Your Name
  • Writing On the Line
  • Tracing
  • Dictation
  • Phonograms
  • Poetry Basket
  • Simple Punctuation
  • Making Simple Sentences
  • Margins
  • Writing a Simple Essay
Reading 5-year-olds:
  • Introduction to Reading (text only)
  • First Reading Lesson with Object Box
  • Reading Tablets/Cards
  • Sight Words/Puzzle Words
Grammar 5- to 6-year-olds:
  • Articles
  • Adjectives with Farm Animals
  • Logical Adjective Game
  • Detective Adjective Game
  • Conjunction
  • Prepositions
  • Verbs
  • Verb Tenses
  • Commands
  • Adverbs
  • Logical Adverb Game
  • Grammar Extensions
Grammar 6- to 7-year-olds:
  • Conjunction Game with Roses
  • Preposition Games with Roses and Farm Animals
  • Verb Game
  • Verb Game with Farm Animals
  • Verb Command Cards & Function of the Verb one, two, three, four (moving towards interpretive reading)
  • Different Aspects of the Verb, exercises with verb tenses
  • Adverb Game
  • Logical Adverb Game
  • Grammar Extensions
Advanced Writing 5- to 6-year-olds:
  • Advanced Writing Picture Gallery
  • Writing Pretty
  • Teaching Capital Letters
  • Cursive Sand Paper Sounds/Letters
  • Writing Cursive
  • Simple Punctuation
  • Making Simple Sentences
  • Margins
  • Writing a Simple Essay
Reading & Grammar for 7- to 8-year-olds:
  • Story about reading: "The Piece of Paper Which Sees and Speaks"
  • Story about reading: "A Pair of Spectacles"
  • Introduction and Technical Presentation of The Secret Message (a reading exercise)
  • Two Different Levels of Reading (words and sentences and logical reading)
  • Reading Level--Words Activities
  • The Function of Words, Grammar for Reading and Writing: Order of Presentation, Introduction, Psychology Presentation: Story "The Multitude"
  • Function of the Noun
  • Definite and indefinite articles with article box activities including writing labels
  • Origin of Written Language (a language history lesson)
  • The Verb Family: verb, adverb, pronoun; and VF charts
  • The World of Grammar: conjunction & preposition
  • Introduction to the Interjection
  • The Function of the Interjection: activities, name and etymology and symbol
  • The Grammar Boxes
  • The Noun Grammar Box
Reading Sentence Analysis (subjects, predicates, direct objects, adverbs, adjuncts, appositions)
for 8- to 9-year-olds:
  • Reading (Sentence) Analysis 1--subject and predicate
  • Reading (Sentence) Analysis 2--subject, predicate, and direct object
  • Reading (Sentence) Analysis 2 continued
  • Reading (Sentence) Analysis 3
  • Reading (Sentence) Analysis 3 continued
  • Reading (Sentence) Analysis 4
  • Reading (Sentence) Analysis 5
  • Reading (Sentence) Analysis 5 continued
  • Reading (Sentence) Analysis Control Charts One
  • Reading (Sentence) Analysis Control Charts Two
Word Study 8- to 9-year-olds:
  • plural & singular
  • compound
  • feminine & masculine forms
  • prefixes
  • suffixes
  • word families
Journaling 6- to 9-year-olds:
  • Journaling One
  • Journaling Two
  • Journaling Three
  • Journaling Four