Noun

Noun
Language - Grammar
Level	Primary Elementary
Age	5+
Materials	pencil slips of paper The Farm or objects from the room

In this activity the child learns about nouns.

Presentations

These can be done with one or several children.

Listing Nouns

1. Take the pencil and paper slips to a table or mat. (If at a mat, you will also need a clipboard for writing.)
2. "Everything has a name. All the people, all the things, even all the places that we go have names. Words that are names are called nouns."
3. "Let's look around us and try to think of some nouns." Take turns thinking of nouns and writing on them on the slips of paper. At first the teacher may need to prompt the child a little until they get the idea: "What's the name of a person you can see?" or "What's the name of something on the shelf over there?". When the child thinks of one, the teacher can reinforce by saying as she writes, "Yes, the word box is a noun."

"Bring me a ___"

1. Step one
2. Next step

Control of Error

the teacher

Material

Make Your Own

Free printable Grammar Symbols (black outlines, print on the appropriate color of cardstock and cut out):

• 

  Grammar Symbols

Grammar symbols could be cut out of card-stock, craft foam, or plastic (maybe from plastic lids).

Stencil

• 3D printable version by jbnimble on Thingiverse

Where to Buy

Prices and links checked: 31 July 2020

Basic Grammar Symbols Box
Store	Price
Absorbent Montessori	$25.00
Adena	$20.92
Affordable Montessori	$39.00
Alison's	$26.25
Alison's	$52.00
Alison's	$52.00
Bruins	$80.00
E & O	$37.00
ETC Montessori no box?	$30.00
IFIT	$23.00
Kid Advance	$22.99
Leader Joy	$24.95
Materials Co. of Boston small	$65.00
Materials Co. of Boston	$65.00
Materials Co. of Boston	$75.00
Montessori Concepts	$25.00
Montessori Outlet no box	$9.95
Montessori Outlet box only	$13.95
Thinkamajigs	$30.95
Waseca	$70.00

Basic & Advanced Grammar Symbol Set
Store	Price
Alison's plastic	$47.25
Alison's	$49.40
Nienhuis plastic	$90.90

Box for Both Sets
Store	Price
Montessori Outlet	$15.95
Nienhuis	$55.50

Advanced Grammar Symbols only
Store	Price
Adena	$17.92
ETC Montessori no box?	$28.00
Materials Co. of Boston	$40.00
Montessori Outlet	$7.95
Thinkamajigs cardboard	$24.95

Grammar Symbols Stencil
Store	Price
Affordable Montessori for 2	$4.99
Albanesi for 5 large	$52.00
Albanesi for 5 small	$52.00
Alison's for 2	$6.50
ETC Montessori	$7.50
Mandala Classroom for 5	$45.00
Montessori Outlet	$3.95
Nienhuis	$7.50
Waseca	$5.00

Grammar Symbols Stamps
Store	Price
Alison's	$29.95
Great Extensions	$55.00

3D Basic Grammar Symbols
Store	Price
Adena	$20.92
Alison's no base	$18.00
Alison's	$35.70
Bruins	$85.00
E & O	$134.00
IFIT	$28.00
Kid Advance	$65.99
Leader Joy no base	$26.95
Leader Joy	$34.95
Materials Co. of Boston no base	$55.00
Montessori Concepts	$38.00
Montessori Outlet no base	$28.95
Montessori Outlet base only	$8.95
Montessori Outlet	$57.95
Nienhuis	$178.50
Thinkamajigs	$37.95

3D Noun and Verb
Store	Price
Adena	$10.92
Affordable Montessori	$12.00
Alison's	$15.75
Bruins	$35.00
E & O	$17.00
IFIT	$13.00
Kid Advance	$11.99
Leader Joy	$15.95
Materials Co. of Boston	$48.00
Montessori Concepts	$13.00
Montessori Outlet	$13.95
Nienhuis Noun only	$26.20
Nienhuis Verb only	$26.20
Thinkamajigs	$11.95

Further Reading

• The Advanced Montessori Method: The Montessori Elementary Material by Maria Montessori, pages 40-42+
• Teaching Montessori in the Home: The School Years by Elizabeth Hainstock, pages 113, 133-135