Montessori Phonics - Introduction To Single Letter Sounds

[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??

[mypiggee]

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 !

I have the same experience!My son is in K1 now...and just finished learning his letters phonics...He still cant get the essence of forming a word. So in a nutshell, he can't recognise words.
Trying to revise at least 5mins per day...which is already a challenge as he will always said he's tired or give all sorts of excuses.

He studies 3hrs class in Kindergarden and we sent him to a 2hrs montessori enrichment class too. The montessori class teacher feedback to me that she had to pronounce very CLEARLY then he's able to form a word. Till now, she's trying to get him to understand the essence of it.

Now looking into Chinese enrichment class for him too...

My MIL always asked me not to stress him but he already skipped Pre-N. I tried not to stress him but he only attended 3hrs class daily.
Enrichment is just 2hrs class for English, then 1hr45mins for Chinese if I go for Berries...
5 mins simple revision....30mins on Sat....the rest of the weekend is purely play time

[buds]

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.

No worries. You must be having a more hectic routine this year in and out of the house chauffeuring the kiddies to school with baby in tow. Good to know there's good progress and that she is enjoying learning with you. :hugs:

[buds]

Heyya viviling, you can start off with these reads.

All titles available at the library.

http://www.amazon.com/Montessori-Read-Write-Literacy-Children/dp/0609803352/ref=pd_sim_b_21

http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Montessori-Learning-Activities-Under-Fives/dp/0312018649/ref=pd_sim_b_5

http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Montessori-Home-Pre-School-Years/dp/0452279097/ref=pd_sim_b_2

PS. Gimme some time to reply to your PM, okie? :please: