Montessori Phonics - Introduction To Single Letter Sounds

[buds]

sean wife:

Is this correct – when we teach ‘a’, we should open our mouth wider than when we teach ‘e’?

Yep. Note that only the lower lip is moving downwards when allowing the
mouth to sound out the /a/ sound like in words... aaaeroplane.... aaaapple...

It shouldn't sound like aaauntie... (un-tee) or sound like .... aaaanal.... (ay-nle). :lol:

sean wife:

Sometimes, I am worried that it may make more harm to teach the wrong things than to teach at all.

This can happen when parents aren't very pro-active in researching the
stuff to teach their ownchildren. It will definitely help if ya know the right
skills or even just the simple skills to ensure that you won't just teach it all
wrong to the point where the child has to re-learn everything all over again.
Especially for the introduction to single letter sounds itself. If the introduction
is incorrect or not concrete, it may fall flat on ya when you try to advance
to word families' stage.

sean wife:

My kids just started attending MMI (workgroup for 2.5-4 yrs old) and they are teaching letter sounds too.

You should have no problem here, sweetie. Do approach any of the staff to
help guide you with the letter sounds you're in doubt of.

sean wife:

Which set of sounds (leapfrog or the VCD) should I use to reinforce at home in order not to cause them too much confusion?

I do not use Leapfrog at all. So i do not know what to recommend you.
From some of the Leapfrog gifts we've received for the childrens' b'days...
I didn't quite fancy it much since it may cause confusion to what i was
teaching. When the children use it though, i am always careful to highlight
to them on the sounds which do not sound that clear on the Leapfrog toys.
So, when the sounds come on they'll sound out mine over the Leapfrog voice.

sean wife:

My kids CC is using Jolly Phonics.

Nice.

Your kids will have fun learning Jolly.
Hope your kids' teacher is a good one cos
Jolly is a fun way to learn Phonics.

sean wife:

Thanks in advance for your advice.

You're always welcome!

[soomum]

Hi Buds,


How are you now? Recovered yet?

lessons1- 5 which covers teaching child sounds /c/. /f/, /i/, /m/, does it mean we just do the same for /e/, /z/, /p/, /o/ follow by next set etc?

What is the reason for introducing LMA ? :?

After LMA, is it word building stage or the 3-letter word formation you mentioned earlier?
she is not tracing the sandpaper letters well yet, always anyhow do :frustrated: is it a bad time if i try to get her to hold a pencil and start writing freehand letters? :?

sidetrack a bit, i noticed that there are usually more than 1 child working on the mat in my child's school. is this acceptable? i have the perception that a child should work within a given space/work area in a montessori env, hence i'm abit disturbed by this as the teachers are not showing that this is not wrong to do. my child would tell me that so and so went over and play with her toys. she is not too happy unless its her fav friend (strange how a 3yo would already have friends she prefers) as i taught her to work within her mat and not disturb others hence she expects the others to do so.
Then she loves playing her school toys not sure what she picked and she does not like to be asked to do tablework/sit beside teacher to learn numbers/letters. she's stubborn i usually have to find a way to convince her to agree to do what i want her to. Have you come across such student/child before? How would you handle them?

[lisa9841]

hi Buds


I am very motivated after reading your postings and would like to start teaching phonics to my DD who is 3.5 years now. Thanks for sharing so much with all the parents here!!

I have been teaching my DD to read via the flashcard (aka shichida/Glenn Doman) method to read since very young. She can recognize most of the sight words on the dolch list and is beginning to read simple story books.(3-4 lines per page kind).

But as you know, the cons of the shichida method is that kids can only recognize words that are already taught to them.When it comes to a new word that they have never seen before, they would not be able to pronounce.

For my DD, I will be starting her with the single phonics sound as per your suggestions/lesson plan on page 1 of this topic. But My query is: For example, I want to teach her the sound of the letter "C" ==> since she already know the word "Cat", "Cap" and many three letter words by sight, should I still use these words? From my understanding from your posting, the reason for choosing a word is to get the child to try and sound out these words using phonics method right? In my case, am i right to say that i should choose some "C" letter words that she has never seen before, say, "Coupon"?? I also realise that she can pronounce many 3 letter words even though I have never taught her them before.She just seems to be able to sound out these words in her own way. What is your suggestion in my case? How should I proceed with her? I am very encouraged bu your posting and Tamarind’s posting and would want to teach my DD phonics as well too.

Also, I have never formally taught her the alphabets. She knows them from watching DVD. Should I just do a "revision" with her first as she sometimes will get confused with certain letters, say "b and d" and "m and n".

Lastly, do you think 3.5 years is too young to start and learn how to write letters? Her school teachers seem to think so and advise me just to let her doodle. She cannot hold a pencil very well yet. Was just wondering what is your views on this?

[Hifive]

Hi buds


When I read a word for my ds2 to form (using those foam alphabets), e.g. trap, snap, etc., sometimes he will form the word as trep or snep. How do I correct this mistake ? Is this common because the "a" and "e" sounds quite similar.

Thanks in advance.

[buds]

You may try this and lemme noe if it works.


You open your mouth wider for words with the vowel /a/... and drag the
sound slightly longer. For the words with the vowel /e/... try the brief &
quick \"eh\" sound.

You're revising with spelling the blends your child already knows how to read issit?

[buds]

soomum:

Hi Buds,


How are you now? Recovered yet?

lessons1- 5 which covers teaching child sounds /c/. /f/, /i/, /m/, does it mean we just do the same for /e/, /z/, /p/, /o/ follow by next set etc?

Heyya soomum, sorry... i overlooked this thread for a long time.
Get back to ya as soon as i can. :oops:

[buds]

lisa9841:

hi Buds


I am very motivated after reading your postings and would like to start teaching phonics to my DD who is 3.5 years now. Thanks for sharing so much with all the parents here!!

You're welcome lisa9841. :hugs:

Sorry, i have not been watching this topic for awhile.
I will get back to you on your queries as soon as i can.
Many apologies for the delay and oversight. :oops:

[Hifive]

buds:

You may try this and lemme noe if it works.


You open your mouth wider for words with the vowel /a/... and drag the
sound slightly longer. For the words with the vowel /e/... try the brief &
quick \"eh\" sound.

You're revising with spelling the blends your child already knows how to read issit?

Hi buds

Thanks for your advice, will try out with my DS2.
Yes, he's already reading. Taught him those blends a few months back, now doing a bit of revision to see if he can remember.

[buds]

You're teaching him yourself?


Kudos to you, girl!

:celebrate:

[Hifive]

Hi buds


Yes, I teach him at the moment. I am doing it with the help of your postings in the forum, your advices to the parents here and also tamarind's blog. I must say a big thank you to you and tamarind.

Teaching him at home on my own requires a lot of discipline. I must say that I am still learning because you know as a SAHM of two boys, there are many distractions at home. Hopefully, he's ok with my teaching