Montessori Phonics - Introduction To Single Letter Sounds

[SAHM_TAN]

Hi buds,


Thanks for the detailed write-up about word building.

To clear my mind between word building and blending.

word building is when I will sound out each letter in the word first and go through the steps that you typed. While word blending is more like stretch out the words or with the word family?

Thanks for the link to enrighten.

[buds]

Word Building


1. Just ask for the sounds in the word you want spelt.
Eg.. What sounds can you hear in the word... pram?
Request that DD take the letters from the LMA & form
them on her own on the work mat or use pencil/pen to
spell on paper as well. She can draw the pram too if she
likes.

2. If she hesitates or seemingly having some challenges
hearing the sounds in words or sound combinations that
she has already learnt in school, THEN you sound out the
sounds or drag the sounds for her. Ask her to repeat the
sounds you drag. The idea is to get her to listen and also
to be able to know what letters represent those sounds tt
form words.

Eg. /p/... rrrr... aaa... m. Can you say that with me... (repeat)
Now what sounds can you hear in that word?

*It doesn't matter which sounds children hear first in any word
we ask for. The objective is to try to focus on distinguishing the
different sounds which form the words. It also doesn't matter if
the words are placed in error of sequence. Just go thru again
together and ensure the way you repeat each time is the same &
positive.*

For eg. if the child places the word in this order... p...a...r...m.
Shall we check together if we made the word correctly. \"pram\"
/p/.... rrrr... aaa... m.. Hmm.. something doesn't look right here.
What do you think? I hear a /p/ at the beginning so that letter p
in front is correct. Next in the word /p/... rrr... aaaa.. m.. is rrrr..
but we seem to have placed an /a/ instead, shall we change that?\"
Continue until all letter sounds have been checked and spelt
correctly. Use the word cards (if you have) from the pink object/
picture box/word list as a self-correction tool (for self checking).

3. Finally, if she really doesn't know mebbe she really doesn't
know and you can proceed to do it with her... together. For e.g.
\"I believe i can hear a /p/ sound in the word pram... it's the 1st
sound i hear in the word pram... Can you hear the /p/ sound too.
Say it. /p/... rrrr... aaaa... mmm.. Shall we find the letter that makes
that sound to start off the word pram? Each time you say/repeat the
word pram, you make emphasis on the sounds you want her to here.
Only do this if she has trouble with Points 1 & 2. Else, allow her to make
it on her own... or at least try to...

The objective is to teach her how to fish.

Word Family Blending

1. According to word list or picture/object box and LMA, children are
asked to read or form words. For eg. Say you are doing words from the
/at/ family... \"Let's go through the words with the sounds /at/. /a/ and
/t/... makes the sound /at/.

>/b/... /at/... bat. (b-uh... at... \"bat\")
>/f/... /at/... fat. (f-uh... at... \"fat\")
>/h/... /at/... hat. (h-uh... at... \"hat\")
> /m/... /at/... mat. (mmm...at... \"mat\")

bat... fat... hat... mat.

Errrmmm.. clearer?

[sohahlien]

Anyone has any experience with the Montessori school in the Sindhi Association building on Mountbatten road? How’s the teachers there?

[SAHM_TAN]

Thanks buds :hugs:


Thank you for the clear explanation. So I mixed up the concept and was working with them on word building , instead of blending As I will say out the word and they will take out the letters based on the letters that they hear.

Very busy since P1 started.

[buds]

sohahlien:

Anyone has any experience with the Montessori school in the Sindhi Association building on Mountbatten road? How's the teachers there?

Think you should post this at the All About Montessori thread instead dear..
Perhaps someone may have had experience with the centre and can share more.

[buds]

SAHM_TAN:

Thanks buds :hugs:

:hugs: back!
You're welcome!

SAHM_TAN:

Thank you for the clear explanation. So I mixed up the concept and was working with them on word building , instead of blending As I will say out the word and they will take out the letters based on the letters that they hear.

Well, as long as you geddit in the end yah?
Did you manage to work on those gaps?
Lemme noe if you have obstacles...

SAHM_TAN:

Very busy since P1 started.

P1 belly relax wan leh.. busy with what arh?
You drill her with assessments issit? :evil:

[SAHM_TAN]

Hi buds,


No lah, I did not drill her with assessment bks. Though I have them and I visit the assessment threads :evil:

For term 1, I just let her get use to the routine. I'm trying to get use to the routine as well.

Morning it's sending her to school, then preparing lunch for DS, preparing him for kindy, then off to pick up DD1. In between bb is clambering for my attention. :faint:

When DD1 is home, I will need to warm up her lunch and revise with her spelling, tingxie, reading and what not..........

Then DS will be on his way home from kindy and all will want my attention when all I want is to hide :rotflmao:

Sometimes I will skip lunch becos every sec of my time is taken up :faint:

How I wish I'm as organised as you.

This post is kind of :offtopic: Sorry

Thanks for the offer to help :hugs:

You are one of my helplines keeping me afloat. :hugs:

[SAHM_TAN]

Hi buds,


Missed out on your Qn.

DD1"s reading is improving and I’m seeing the gaps more clearly. I think she might be unclear about some of the word families.

But I’m not going to rush it. I will still go through each group. Since she enjoys it. So those that she knows will give her the confidence to work through those that she does not know.

[mamii]

Hi Buds, how are you? have not been to the forum for a couple of months and so glad i manage to see your thread again. Hope you can help me with DS .


before DS started his phonics enrichment he was very good with all the 26 basic sounds (leapfrog dvd). but after started learning word building and blending i think he got confused.

he can blend the words individually but often have difficulty reading them in a sentence. But if i let him read the words individually FIRST then let him read the short sentences containing all the words he is able to do it. WHY ???

he knows the letters sounds well but when it is put into words he could not read it eg.

"in" he may read as "it"
" fog" he may read as "frog"
"pan" he may read as "plan"

basically he is a reluctant reader, though he loves me to read him stories.

he may not be focusing as well as he does not like to go through the phonics revision, he will say he is tired. you know when he looks at the words but his mind is somewhere else !

by the way how many "word families" are there ? is there any website where i can get the complete list of the blends ?

i am considering to stop his enrichment and teach him myself at home till he is better and continue when he is in K2.

anyone with similar experience ? thanks !

[viviling]

hi,


any books on montessori phonics and grammar to recommend??