Teaching Montessori in the Home: Pre-School Years : The Pre-School Years

by Hainstock, Elizabeth G.; Davis, Lee

• ISBN13: 9780452279094
• ISBN10: 0452279097
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-09-01
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

Claim quality togetherness with your child and fully enjoy the sensitive and formative years from two to five by adopting proven teaching techniques in your own home. This acclaimed guide puts the entire range of the Montessori system within your reach, so you can make the most of your child?s vital years.Teaching Montessori in the Home has already helped thousands of parents with the techniques, exercises, and easy-to-make Montessori materials that are essential for success. It demonstrates how you can develop your child?s sensory awareness and practical life skills, as well as lay the foundation of preliminary reading, writing, and math.The author is recognized as one of the most influential proponents of the Montessori method in the United States and throughout the world due to her concise, accessible writing style. This bestselling book grants you the opportunity to teach your child at home and gain a truly rewarding experience.?Hainstock takes great pains here to offer the reader a very thoughtful yet concise introduction to the Montessori philosophy.? ?from Lee Havis?s introduction.

Author Biography

Certified as a Montessori teacher by St. Nicholas Training Centre in London, and active on behalf of the method since 1960, Elizabeth G. Hainstock became a Montessori consultant for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in 1971. She currently sits on the board of the International Montessori Society and makes her home in San Juan Bautista, California.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Lee Havis
PART I -- MONTESSORI IN THE HOME	1	(20)
An Introduction to Teaching Montessori in the Home	1	(3)
Maria Montessori: Her Life and Her Method	4	(7)
The Importance of the Early Years	11	(4)
Preparing Your Home School	15	(3)
Prepared Environment for the Home	18	(3)
PART II -- PRACTICAL-LIFE EXERCISES	21	(26)
The Practical Situation	21	(18)
Opening and Closing Drawers
Busy Board or Dressing Frames
Pouring Rice
Dusting
Carrying a Chair
Folding a Napkin
Setting a Table
Washing Dishes
Washing Hands
Washing a Table
Sweeping the Floor
Polishing Silver
Shining Shoes
Lacing a Shoe
Tying a Bow
Finger-Dexterity Exercises	39	(6)
Bead Stringing
Bottles and Tops
Using a Dropper
Cutting
Painting and Coloring
Doing Puzzles
Sewing
Nature Study and Geography	45	(2)
PART III -- EARLY SENSORIAL EXERCISES	47	(20)
The Sensorial Situation	47	(20)
The Three-Period Lesson
The Tower
Cylinders and Solid Insets
Fabric Basket
Thermal Bottles
Button Games, Part 1
Button Games, Part 2
Rough and Smooth Boards
Silence Game
Walking the Line
Basic Tablets
Mystery Bag
Sound Bottles
Color Tablets
Scent Bottles
Geometric Insets, Part 1
Geometric Insets, Part 2
Geometric Shapes
Naming the Colors
PART IV -- READING AND WRITING EXERCISES	67	(11)
Language Development	67	(11)
Sandpaper Letters
The Correct Way to Write Letters
Command Cards
Pictures and Sounds
The Movable Alphabet
PART V -- ARITHMETIC EXERCISES	78	(11)
Arithmetic Development	78	(10)
Number Rods
The Spindle Box
Sandpaper Numbers
Writing Numbers
The Correct Way to Write Numbers
Number Progression
Number Progression Chart
Measuring Exercises	88	(1)
PART VI -- HOME MONTESSORI EQUIPMENT	89	(24)
How to Make Your Equipment	89	(24)
Paint and Play Dough
Busy Board
Individual Dressing Frames
Baric Tablets
Command Cards
Rough and Smooth Boards
Scent Bottles
Sound Bottles
Thermal Bottles
Color Tablets
Color Circles
Spindle Box
Pictures and Sounds
Movable Alphabet
Sandpaper Numbers and Letters
Geometric Insets
Number Rods and Numbers
APPENDIX	113
Montessori Terms	113	(1)
Educational Toys	114	(2)
Selected Reading	116