Here's how we used it and I have additional activity sheets to supplement his learning. We are using our moveable alphabet in the picture below to practice spelling.
FREE Montessori Blue Series List
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Here's how we used it and I have additional activity sheets to supplement his learning. We are using our moveable alphabet in the picture below to practice spelling.
How My Oldest Child Learned How to Read
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Continuing our Blue and Green Series
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Language Lessons
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
For more learning materials, please check Pinay Homeschooler Shop or the FREE Downloads and FREE Learning Materials page.
Updates on Math and Language
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
And so we've been doing language and math seriously this summer. So here's what we have accomplished so far:
Language. Initially we were working with kindergarten workbook, but he finished it in no time and seems bored so I upgraded him to a first grader workbook (bought it in a local bookstore) and so far he is liking it. He loves the challenge and the work book got lots of reading comprehension exercises which I really really like.
And we are also working on digraphs using my Consonant Blends Worksheets. He has no problem identifying the consonant blends (beginning and ending) but when it comes to filling up the missing digraph, he's still a little bit confused in some areas.
Math. We are still on Booklet 2 and Addition Chart 3 of Montessori Addition. We will proceed with Charts 4 and 5 once we're done with Booklet 2. You can read about Montessori Addition here and download my addition booklets from Pinay Homeschooler Shop and Downloads.
Lastly, I we're using Singapore Math workbook (K1). Compared to the workbooks here, I love the scope of Singapore Math. It covers graphing, logic and more. I ordered this book from my friend lives in Singapore and they can usually be bought here: Popular Bookstore. They're very affordable, the only problem here is shipping cost.
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Montessori Monday
TGIF Linky Party
Teach Beside Me
Preschool Corner
Teaching Mama
I Can Teach My Child
Consonant Blends Activity Sheets
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Working on Spelling
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
I first gave him just four sheets to work on, but when he's done he said "Are there more of these Mom? I want to do them all!"
The file is available here.
I don't want to tire him so he worked on with the rest over the weekend. I'm surprised he did very well with the CVC spelling. We're impressed! Husband said that I should give him the 4 letter words or the blending consonant words. We might do that next month!
Alphabet Sound Cards and Tracing Cards
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
I am often asked I did I teach my son to read. As some of you who might follow my blog religiously, I mentioned that at 3.5 yrs, he started reading books on his own.
Well, there's no shortcut really. It was a long process and I will give details on it if I have the time. But I also advice my friends to read books to their kids and by the time they'll learn about the alphabet, expose them to gazillions of phonic activities.
My son's favorite was sorting objects/sound cards according to their beginning sounds. Well we sorted with printable cards at first. I came across printables that were free but they were all in cartoonish form which I didn't think was appropriate because some of the images were difficult to identify. I really prefer "real" images. So what I did was make my own.
(Please click the image for the link)
The file includes:
- 8 pictures per vowel (only 4 pictures for letter u)
- 8 pictures per consonant (only 4 pictures for letters q,x,y,z)
- 26 upper letter cards
- 26 lower letter cards
- 26 tracing cards for upper letters
- 26 tracing cards for lower letters
- FREE ALPHABET PICTURE BINGO CARDS
Here's how it looks like in action. I still have them and my son still loves using them!
(Laminated sorting cards)
And because tracing cards are so pricey, I also created my own version. Here I printed them on an ordinary paper, put them on a cardboard and covered it with a contact paper. Then I purchase a bunch of dry erase marker to use with my homemade cards. (Please click either of the images for the link)
This is how I made him practice writing aside from using the sandpaper letters. Hmmm which reminds me to share how we do about our language and writing lessons when he was just about 2 yrs old! Will definitely do that one of these days.
Green Series Picture Sorting
Monday, April 8, 2013
Green Series
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Beginning and Ending Sounds (FREE Worksheets)
Monday, October 15, 2012
Well, I was disappointed for he wasn’t challenged at all! He finished both sets in less than 10 minutes.
Well I might as well think of another way of challenging him. For now, if interested, here’s a link to my Montessori Pink Series and Montessori Blue Series worksheets.
For ideas on the materials to use for learning how to read you can check this post, Beginning Reading: Language Objects and Activities.
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Spanish 101
Saturday, July 7, 2012
We started learning Spanish last week. Here, he’s learning numbers and colors in Spanish. Since he knows how to read, he can easily match the labels both in English and in Spanish with the numerical number.
For colors, he already knows his verde, azul, amarillo and rojo. The rest he still needs to learn them yet. So these days, we’re using Spanish whenever we talk about colors so he can get the hang of it.
I am surprise that he knows a LOT of Spanish words, thanks to Dora maybe LOL.
B4FIAR: Ask Mr. Bear
Monday, May 21, 2012
Here are some pictures that best describes the activities we did to go along with the book.
Identifying beginning sounds using the printable pack which I downloaded as mentioned previously.
Where’s the Birthday Cake game which has the same mechanism as Where’s the Easter Card game. Another favorite math game!
Oh and this is exactly the reason why I seldom have time to post. This is out of topic, but we really really love playing outdoors.
Animal farm family matching game. The cards can be downloaded here. Well this is just my version, I made this because I was inspired by My Montessori Moments who has a COMPLETE set of animal families for download.
Lastly, we sort zoo and farm animals.
I am looking forward of rowing this again, and hopefully by then I have enough idea, resources and time to carry out additional activities.
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