How To Use Montessori Picture Cards

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1 How To Use Montessori Picture Cards The Montessori picture cards are a great way to teach children about the basics of reading, through the use of selfcorrecting cards that match particular words with particular images. Basics. First of all, you need to give the children information on when to use the Montessori picture cards, and where these cards can be found. If you are a teacher who handles a group of children, place the cards in an accessible place such as the library, or in the classroom. Teaching the children the mechanics. Now, tell the children about how they can use the cards. Basically, there are two sets of cards in the Montessori system. One set of cards has pictures, while the other set of cards has words. Each word corresponds to one picture. Pronunciation. Give emphasis on not just recognizing the words, but knowing how to pronounce the letters in the words. Make sure that you instruct the children to read out loud each word. Reading out loud reinforces the words that the children are learning, and helps them make reading a more concrete activity. Show examples. During the first time that the children will use the Montessori picture cards, it is best that you demonstrate first with a couple of the cards. Take the word card, and then pronounce the words. Afterwards, find the corresponding picture card and hook it to the word card, to show the children how to check whether they were correct or not. Step back. After you have demonstrated, let the children do the rest of the exercises. Remember, supervision is at a bare minimum when the children are using Montessori picture cards. The whole philosophy behind Montessori teaching is that the children should have the initiative and opportunity to learn by themselves, after all. Other ways you can use them. Print two copies of the control cards (the ones without a separating line between the picture and the name) and play concentration and/or go fish. (they last longer when laminated; otherwise try printing onto cardstock) Print multiple copies and cut off the top half of the cards with only the pictures and lay them out on the floor like a board game. Roll a dice and move that number of spaces. If you know the name of that picture you can stay, if not back you go! First player that gets to the end of the game board is the winner. Put the cards in chronological order, or categorize them in another way. Your ideas!

2 Aline Charigot Summer Landscape le e l p fi Forgetting m a S Spring Gatto Girl with a Watering Can

3 Luncheon of the Boating Party Grenouillere Jean Renoir Drawing The Umbrellas Young Girl with a Hoop Self Portrait

4 Aline Charigot Summer Landscape le e l p fi Forgetting m a S Spring Gatto Girl with a Watering Can

5 Luncheon of the Boating Party Grenouillere Jean Renoir Drawing The Umbrellas Young Girl with a Hoop Self Portrait

6 Auguste Renoir Birth Year : 1841 Death Year : 1919 Country : France Pierre Auguste Renoir was born on February 25, 1841 in Limoges, France. He was the sixth of seven children born to Léonard Renoir and Marguerite Merlet. Pierre's first experience with painting came in 1854 when he took his first job working in a porcelain factory painting deigns on fine china. His talent for painting would have assured him a career as a porcelain painter, but the company went out of business four years later. During these years he enjoyed visiting the Louve to see the works of the French masters. In 1861, Renoir began attending the art studio of Swiss teacher Marc-Gabriel- Charles Gleyer. At the same time Renoir enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux. At the Gleyre's studio Renoir met other young artists, including Camile Pissarro ( ), Paul Cézanne ( ) and Claude Monet ( ). By 1863 the primary group of artists of the Impressionist Era was formed. In 1869 Renoir and Claude Monet worked together to produce the first landscape paintings in the impressionist style. This new style sought to capture the effect of the light on their subject. Because they were painting outside, they painted with bright colors and quick brush strokes, capturing the essentials before the light changed. Renoir married Alice Charigat at the age of 40. Together they had three sons, Pierre, Jean, and Claude. Pierre August Renoir died in France on December 3, He was 78 years old. He painted even in the last years of his life, when he was bound to a wheel chair with arthritis severely limiting his movement. His vibrant and colorful paintings are among the most well known and most reproduced works in the history of art.

How To Use Montessori Picture Cards

How To Use Montessori Picture Cards The Montessori picture cards are a great way to teach children about the basics of reading, through the use of self-correcting cards that match particular words with