Command Cards

Command Cards
Language - Reading
Level	Primary
Age	5

In this activity the child reads cards with commands written as single words. The child then acts out the sentence.

Presentations

Phonetic Word Commands

1. Take the material to a mat or table.
2. next step

Digraph Word Commands

1. Take the material to a mat or table.
2. next step

Material

Make Your Own

• Phonetic words to use (includes 'ck' and double consonants):
  cut, fan, hop, hug, hum, jog, kiss, nap, nod, run, sit
  clap, dust, grab, grin, jump, kick, lift, rest, rock, skip, smell, stand, step, stomp

• Digraph words to use (with just Key Sound spellings of digraphs):
  brush, chat, count, flush, look, pinch, sing, sleep, sweep, tie

• It would be nice to put these words on red card-stock or to write them in red to indirectly tie it to the lessons on verbs.
• There are free Command Cards available to print at the blog The Helpful Garden.

Further Reading

• Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-fives by David Gettman, pages 152-153
• Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, page 73, 92