Montessori Phonics - Introduction To Single Letter Sounds

[Charmaine_chong]

Ok. Thanks buds.

[buds]

http://www.growingfun.com/product_details.cgi?PROD_ID=576


I have the one above.

The silly comes in when we do it face down.
Then try to pick one that matches and makes sense but silly. :lol:

For example, \"The pirate...\" \"is crying for milk\"!

When actually there is one card that says \"The baby...\"

[Charmaine_chong]

Buds,


Thanks.

I had just seen this in Growing Fun and it was too pricey. The price put me off.

[buds]

They're having X'mas promotion now right?


It's good quality soft foamed cards... easy to wipe clean...
and quite a lotta cards to work with. Otherwise, you can
always have fun DIY-ing with your children using their
doodles on one side of long white drawing block strips
and then get them to write short simple words. Colour,
and then cut them up and i say you're ready to play
the silly sentence matching!

[Charmaine_chong]

Thanks Buds.

[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! :celebrate:

lisa9841:

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).

Yes. This method is very effective when it is worked with children from a
very young age. The nature of the child also plays a part. Not all children
take to flashcarding positively or objectively. I'm very happy to hear that
you did great with yours! It really is a lotta work, investment and definitely
commitment. :salute: Kudos to you lisa9841!

lisa9841:

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.

Yes, this is right for some children. For a handful others, (i'm one of them)
heheee.. i somehow managed to piece together the sounds on my own as
my mom actually read words to me slowly..... emphasizing on the sounds
and sound combinations as she went along. And mind you...... she wasn't
exactly English literate. :salute: Somehow... \"she\" figured it out too , i guess.

lisa9841:

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?

For children who already have a good vocabulary bank, parents should
introduce new words preferably \"object\" words so that you can come
back to the lesson plan with object or card games with pictures of
them... for example, it could be castanets... cauliflower... canary,
(etc).

lisa9841:

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?

For your case, it would be to now \"introduce\" for the first time that each
letter represents its own unique sound. Hence, the right explanation wud
be... to sound out the beginning letter sounds in words which eventually
lead to distinguishing the individual sounds / single letter sounds & not
the words per se.

lisa9841:

In my case, am i right to say that i should choose some \"C\" letter words that she has never seen before, say, \"Coupon\"??

Yes... just as how i've clarified above. You got it right!

lisa9841:

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.

Yes. This instances do happen. Especially if the words you have worked
with her involves word families... as the ending sounds rhyme or sound
the same... for example... hat, cat, mat, rat... some children like myself
can make sense of it... almost naturally. It's a good thing so dun worry.

lisa9841:

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.

As per lesson plan if you like and i also have many other games and ideas
on top of the many resources i have shared in my other threads as well.

Here is one link. > http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1927
and another sharing here on http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/fun-phonics-resources

lisa9841:

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\".

Well lucky you, donch ya think?

Yes, revision will be good & you can also run it by her whilst simultaneously
introducing the single letter sounds to her... or when you're playing letter games
with her. Children exposed to flashcarding DO have an advantage of sometimes
having that edge of photographic memory.

lisa9841:

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.

Nope. Not young at all. My Montessorian students start from 18mths though
not aggresively learning it pe se. Doodling IS good too by the way.

lisa9841:

She cannot hold a pencil very well yet. Was just wondering what is your views on this?

Fine motor/finger muscles may not be fully developed yet to work on pencils.
But do work on crayons, paintbrushes, sponges, playdoh...(etc)

Even work with chopsticks if you like...

Share with you my article on chopsticks over this link. > http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3607&highlight=chopsticks

And..... here are a few more reads on handwriting stuff.

> http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1939&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

> http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/using-writing-tools-help-children-learn-write

> http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/content/fun-stencil-books-children

Hope this helps.

Best Regards, buds.

[keas]

Hi Charmaine and Buds,


Thanks so much for your sharing. I have already applied your advice to my son

[buds]

keas:

I have already applied your advice to my son

Hope it works out for you, keas.. :celebrate:

[daddy2007]

mummy of 2:

the school will only teach blending etc in K1. Is that too late? Am quite kan cheong becos i never learned phonics and am not sure how to teach him.

Personally I think is abit late. My wife taught my DD phonics when she is 18months and blending when she is 2 years old. By 3 years old, my DD can really read & pronounce alot of words. So I think blending works wonders

[buds]

Just like how each child is unique and have different pace for learning

discoveries... likewise for learning centres. Different learning centres
offer different phases of teaching reading for different levels... and
each centre offers varying methods of teaching reading / phonics.

The important thing is to ensure that the centre does indeed have a full
reading pgrm or curriculum and not just teach only single letter sounds
then stop (i've encountered centres who do that) or the centre is equipped
to teach the children only up till 3-letter word formation (word families).

How much time a parent has; to spend on teaching their own children
should they want to skip the enrichment route is also yet another factor.
Another aspect to factor in... is with regards to the fact that not all parents
\"know how\" or \"what\" to teach.

Blending @ K1 is NOT late at all on the contrary.

In fact, if the child at N2 age can really polish up the 3-letter word formation;
read, decode, write the word families to perfection... blending @ K1 age is a real
breeze.

I try never to compare speed of achievements amongst children. It's never
fair as each child is in different home environment, choice of schools or/and
enrichment and the amount of exposure between children is different.

Parents should observe the pace of their own children based on the child's personal
learning growth and development. Do not use the benchmark of other children
to measure up against your own... but instead work towards the progress of your
own children positively.