Friday, 22 November 2013

Early Literacy in Montessori

Mention three objectives of introducing early literacy in a Montessori.
     1) to develop language skills and build vocabulary
     2) to introduce phonics
     3) to develop writing skills

Name the materials for early literacy in a Montessori environment.
     1) Pink Series
     2) Blue Series

What is the pre-requisite for Blue series?
     The child has developed the ability to read words, phrases and sentences in the Pink series.

Mention the elements of Blue series for expanding vocabulary and reading skills.
     1) double blends (og, um, an, at, in, ut, etc.)
     2) triple blends (est, ulb, lam, usk, esk, ond, ilk, ent, etc)
     3) double consonants (ll, ss, ck, nt, ng, etc)
     4) consonant digraphs (ng, nk, sh, ch, th) - Blue Box 4
     5) consonant trigraph (tch, sph)
     6) 'schwa' vowel

What are graphemes and phonemes divided into?
    Graphemes are divided into 21 consonants and 5 vowels while phonemes are divided into 24 consonants
    and 20 vowels.

Define schwa vowel with examples.
     Schwa vowel is the part of phonemes and is referred to the vowel sound that is not pronounced.  For example, lemon, air, mosque, fatigue, eight, etc.

Mention the three attributes/skills needed for developing writing.
     1) Pincer Grip
     2) Flexibility of wrist and hand
     3) Eye-hand coordination
     4) Visual discrimination

Name the two elements for writing in a Montessori system of education.
     1) Motor Mechanism (Insets for Design and Sandpaper Letters)
     2) The Intellect (Large Movable Alphabets)

Mention three direct objectives of 'Inset for Design' and 'Sandpaper Letters'.
Insets for Design
     1) develop kinaesthetic sense of the geometric shapes for writing purpose (circle, ellipse, oval, curve-linear, triangle, quaterfoil, pentagon, triangle, square, rectangle, parallelogram)
     2) develop control of writing strokes
     3) develop eye-hand coordination
Sandpaper Letters
     1) develop control of fingers for writing letters
     2) facilitate lightness of touch
     3) develop kinaesthetic memory and visualize the formation of letter


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