“Beyond this age of two and a half, which marks a border line in a man’s mental formation, there begins a new period in the organisation of language, which continues to develop without explosions, but with a great deal of liveliness and spontaneity. This second period lasts till somewhere about the fifth or sixth year, and during it the child learns many new words and perfect s his sentence formation. It is true that if the child’s circumstances are such that he hears very few words, or nothing but dialect, he will come to speak like this. But if he lives among cultured people with a wide vocabulary, he takes it all in equally well.” – Maria Montessori, Absorbent Mind, p114.
Jadi bercakaplah dengan anak kita yang berumur bawah 6 tahun, sama macam kita cakap sesama kita. Mereka tak faham terangkan, tak faham lagi, takpe, they’ll always get it next time. Jangan underestimate their ability. Jangan baby talk!
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- Natural conversations
- Conversations at a picture
- Poetry (memorized)
- Songs (memorized)
- Books
- Reading classified books (e.g., At the Market)
- Reading literature (e.g., The Dot)
- True stories
- Listen & Do
- Furnishings & surroundings
- Names of the exercises
- Objects within exercises
- Classifications (e.g., all brushes)
- Entire exercise (all parts)
- Double commands (touch the third rod and pick up the smallest brown stair)
- Spoken classification (e.g., think of fruits)
- Question games
- News periods
- Holiday discussions
- 3-period lessons
- Parts of the body
- Sensorial material language
- Classified vocabulary cards (groups of things)
- Naming
- Discussing (elicit definition)
- Sorting
- Matching
- Sorting & Matching
- Sound games
- Level 1: Beginning sounds
- Level 2: Beginning & ending sounds
- Level 3: Beginning, ending, and any other sounds
- Level 4; Beginning, ending, and every other sound
Notes: Lasts 3-5 minutes; Always teacher led; When children are
consistently successful with Level 1, introduce the sandpaper letters; When they have mastered the sandpaper letters AND are consistently successful with Level 4 sound games, introduce the movable alphabet
Penulisan hanya disembahkan (offered) kedua selepas spoken language practice.
“In addition, the child is given the freedom to pace himself, granting him the ability to spend as much time as he needs to perfect movements and skills. Each child is treated with respect, as the directress is always an active listener. She kneels down to the child’s level when speaking with the child, looks into his or her eyes when being spoken to, uses the child’s name, and customizes her vocabulary and topics to each child. The directress has a true interest in what each child has to say.”
]]>At times, the adult must initiate conversations.
Her role is to converse and demonstrate, not correct. She models expression and listening skills, and helps
the child to structure and order his thoughts by asking leading questions, indirectly rephrasing, and offering
comments.
Boleh menjawab soalan bila ditanya mengenai gambar –> Gives descriptions of a picture –> Gives logical response to thinking questions
Note: Untuk setiap theme sediakan satu atau dua conversation pictures yang berkaitan.
Boleh download free Imagine Story Cards (sama je dengan conversation pictures) dan baca sedikit info macamana nak buat aktiviti ni di Montessori Print Shop.
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