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This can be done with one or several children. | This can be done with one or several children. | ||
# Take the pencil and paper slips to a table or mat. (If at a mat, you will also need a clipboard for writing.) | # Take the pencil and paper slips to a table or mat. (If at a mat, you will also need a clipboard for writing.) | ||
# | # "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." | ||
#"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." | |||
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== Points of Interest == | == Points of Interest == | ||
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==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 | |||
Revision as of 13:30, 11 October 2014
| Noun | |
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| Language - Grammar | |
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| 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.
Presentation
This can be done with one or several children.
- Take the pencil and paper slips to a table or mat. (If at a mat, you will also need a clipboard for writing.)
- "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."
- "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."
Points of Interest
Control of Error
the teacher
Variations and Extensions
Material
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
