Basic Montessori: Learning Activities For Under-Fives

Basic Montessori: Learning Activities For Under-Fives

by David Gettman
Basic Montessori: Learning Activities For Under-Fives

Basic Montessori: Learning Activities For Under-Fives

by David Gettman

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Overview

For more than a century, Dr. Maria Montessori’s educational philosophy has been adopted by schools around the world. Based on her scientific approach to child learning through observation and experimentation, the Montessori Method champions a classroom where children are encouraged to interact with their environment and develop their own natural need for knowledge.

In Basic Montessori, David Gettman has devised a clear and modern explanation of Montessori's revolutionary ideas about early intellectual development, offering a step-by-step guide to the learning behaviors most commonly used with children under-five. These include activities for introducing reading and writing, counting and decimal concepts, science, and geography, as well as activities that help develop the child's practical and sensorial skills.

A perfect primer for teachers, child caregivers, and parents, this volume shares this essential program to help adults discover how their children learn.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780312018641
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/15/1988
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 1,116,021
Product dimensions: 6.95(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

David Gettman studied at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and after attending the Maria Montessori Training Organization's course in London, opened a small Montessori nursery school near San Francisco.

Table of Contents

Forewordix
1.Montessori and her Theories1
Introduction1
The Young Child's Special Mind3
An Ordered Growth5
Learning by Connecting10
The Child's Work Place12
How the Adult Can Help17
The Activities21
The Five Subjects21
An Overview of the Sequence22
Presenting an Activity27
The Child Freely at Work29
Directing a Group of Children30
Growth towards Independence32
Peace through Self-fulfilment34
2.Practical Activities37
Introduction37
Analysing Movement39
A List of Practical Activities41
Pouring Beans between Two Jugs42
Buttoning44
Sweeping Sawdust46
Handling a Book (Presentation to a Group)51
Saying 'Thank You'56
Walking on the Line58
Being Silent60
3.Sensorial Activities65
Introduction65
Three Stage Lesson69
Sight72
Cylinder Blocks72
Pink Tower74
Brown Stair76
Red Rods78
Colour Tablets80
Geometric Cabinet84
Constructive Triangles88
Square of Pythagoras91
Binomial and Trinomial Cubes94
Touch98
Blindfold98
Tactile Sense98
Sensitising the Fingers98
Touch Boards99
Tactile Tablets101
Fabrics103
Thermic Sense105
Thermic Bottles105
Thermic Tablets108
Stereognostic Sense110
Geometric Solids110
Stereognostic Bags115
Mystery Bag117
Sorting Grains117
Visual Work with Blindfold118
Baric Sense119
Baric Tablets119
Hearing121
Sound Boxes121
Bells125
Taste128
Tasting Cups128
Smell129
Smelling Boxes129
4.Language Activities131
Introduction131
Early Preparation134
Classified Pictures134
I Spy136
Speech137
Sandpaper Letters139
Writing140
Metal Insets140
Movable Alphabet142
Writing Individual Letters146
Writing Families of Letters147
Positioning Letters on Lines147
Sandpaper Capitals148
Storage of Work149
Reading150
Object Boxes150
Action Cards152
Reading Folders153
Puzzle Words155
Book Corner and Library156
5.Mathematics Activities159
Introduction159
Group 1Introduction to Numbers162
Number Rods162
Sandpaper Numbers163
Number Tablets (with the Number Rods)164
Spindles166
Numbers and Counters167
Memory Play168
Group 2Introduction to the Decimal System169
Limited Bead Material169
Number Cards171
Function of the Decimal System172
Formation of Complex Numbers174
Unlimited Bead Material175
Group 3Introduction to Teens and Tens177
Introduction to Teens177
Introduction to Tens179
Fractions181
6.Culture Activities183
Introduction183
Geography188
Land and Water188
Maps190
Places193
Nature Studies195
Animals195
Classifying Animals195
Parts of Animals197
Plants198
Classification by Leaf198
Parts of Plants201
Plant Life Cycles203
Matter and Energy204
Air204
Water207
Magnetism208
Gravity211
Sound213
Optics214
History216
Past and Present216
Stories about the Past217
Time Line218
Further Reading221
Index223
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