Language

Trout Mini Unit Study

This was another fun unit study that we did as a part of our larger summer unit study this summer. Most of our shelf work was from Green Urban Creative’s Summer Collection. We got to go on a day trip to a Trout Hatchery to …

Strawberry Mini Unit

We did a Strawberry Mini Unit as a part of our Summer Unit this year. It was so cute and fun! We had hoped to pick strawberries but I didn’t realize this is more ideal for May in our area. We missed that this year …

Penguin Unit

As a part of our Antarctica Continent Study we learned about penguins (along with other animals). This was VERY much of interest to the girls so it grew into its own unit. They had so much fun acting like penguins, reading about penguins, watching penguins… …

Our Language Sequence for Early Writing… Part Two

This past summer I wrote in detail about our Language Sequence for Early Reading and Writing. It was very heavy on the reading side and very light on the writing side. Honestly, other than sandpaper letters and the moveable alphabet, there is no overlap in …

Metal Insets + Extensions

I presented the metal insets just after the sandpaper letters to Little Miss. She was VERY ready to take the next step in learning to write. Prior to this, there is no formal training on writing. In Montessori we begin by preparing the hand to …

Sandpaper Letters + Games

You guys. We are fully immersed in the sandpaper letters over here and I am SO glad we waited until further into the sound games progression before introducing them. Little Miss is fully ready whereas if we had just mastered the initial sound in a …

Pumpkin Fun + Phonological Awareness

We have had such a fun fall season. The month of October we did quite a bit with our pumpkin theme. We actually started it the same day we did pumpkins at Forest School so that was a fun coincidence. At home we did a …

Mini Camping Unit

This was such a fun little unit. We decided to take the girls camping in the backyard this year! We have never been camping as a family (this was my first time ever too!) and Little Miss has been asking for a while so we …

Let’s Talk Sound Games

Sound games are a part of the Pre-Reading activities that start the Early Writing and Reading Sequence in Montessori. They lay the ground work for reading and creating with words by working with what children already know (spoken language) and playing with the sounds that …

Our Language Sequence for Early Writing & Reading

Raising readers is a huge priority in our home. So far we LOVE reading together but we are not independently reading. We are still in the pre-reading stage in our home (our oldest is four). My biggest struggle in our Montessori language journey (so far) …