Reading: A Soothing Voyage Through Words and Images
Reading goes beyond pointing the text to read out loud, it’s a calming and pleasant journey to know what a book is delivering through text and illustrations.
Working with the Sandpaper Letters
Working with the Sandpaper Letters, children learn how the sounds they hear are written. Montessori emphasized that writing comes first, then reading. Later, by blending these sounds, children begin to read phonetic words without laborious effort.
How to foster confidence in writing among young children?
People have great thoughts or ideas, but it’s always not an easy task to project our own thoughts verbally or even through words…why?? Perhaps a person was being pointed when he was trying to express himself…
In a Montessori classroom, we always open up a topic for children to talk about it, anything!!! Children will not be pointed if the statement they make is right or wrong, including the self exploration and the writing which comes in later after they are able to express themselves.
When children have confidence, the drive to self learning and exploring will go further, and thus making learning is joyful.
Are children able to learn in a mixed-age environment?
Are children able to learn in a mixed-age environment
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In Montessori, children of different ages learn together in the same classroom. This promotes collaboration, social skills, empathy, and the sharing of knowledge. Older children become mentors to younger ones, fostering a sense of community and mutual respect.
Classified Pictures
Classified Pictures is a favourite work of the young ones in our school. This amazing piece of material not only offers names to the child but also a meaningful conversation that revolves around that picture. We often observe a child tell his or her friend the same story that the teachers told about a picture. On top of that, these Classified Pictures also help the child to organise information where different objects/animals belong to different categories.
‘Mengeja’ and make simple comprehension.
We let our students read at four, and by five years old, they start learning ‘mengeja’ (Bahasa Melayu) without memorizing the word beforehand.
They learn to be independent. The ability to write for a child develops slowly and gradually.
By six years old, they can ‘mengeja’ and make simple comprehension.
Good job, everyone.
