The development of reading skills for each child is a very important journey. For a lot of us, reading is a skill learned by a child either by mastering the letters of the alphabet and then committing the words on the page to memory using daily drilling methods and memorization. Or, we use the phonics … More The journey to reading fluency
Have you been wondering about teaching children how to read? This is a basic skill set we need to know as parents and educators. Join us for a short focused course to enable you acquire the know how. Addlo Montessori Training Center presents Teach Your Child to Read Book and course: heavily discounted till 14th … More Teaching Reading skills offer
What books do our children read? When do children start studying Literature? These questions and more have been on my mind for a while now. So before I start getting comprehension passages as one of the answers, may I respectfully disagree that this will not serve our children well as the study of Literature! As … More The Study of Literature in Schools
(Photograph from The Vanguard News) There is a cancer in the sector and we need to face it. Anne Lemott an American writer once said “Hope begins in the dark. The stubborn hope that if you just show up, and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work. … More Keep Hope for our Education Sector Alive
The Prewriting Skill Expectations for Children In a society where we compare and contrast our child with all other children without much understanding of the common developmental stages children go through, it is important to continue to talk about Prewriting Skills, than writing exercises. We have spent the last 2 weeks explaining how to prepare … More Age Apropriate Pre-Writing Skills For Your Child.
Practical steps to helping your child with writing. I am amazed at how much we put pressure on children, and at a very young age, insisting that they should and must write! Parents always compare and contrast their children with cousins and neighbours. First off, we need to understand one thing, all children are different, … More How to Help your Child with Writing Part 1
Nursery Rhymes are the main ingredients that keeps a Pre school environment alive and fun for the children. Music is food for the soul, that is what they say right? Well nursery rhymes fulfill that goal in the lives of our children. These simple songs feed the child with the rhythm and melody of … More The Importance of Nursery Rhymes
Summer School is drawing to a close for most of us this week! So how has it been for you and most especially for the children you have been looking after for the past few weeks? I really wish we could do this all year long, but we can’t, which is a pity! Imagine … More Summer School Cultural Studies
3 Engaging Activities for your Language Section Last week we looked at activities you could introduce during your summer school sessions in the Mathematics departments. If you missed it, you can check it out here at Summer School Montessori Maths. This week let us look at what we can do to make our Literacy/Language … More Summer School Language Development
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