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Home » Montessori » Easy Early Reading Activity

Easy Early Reading Activity

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Learning sounds is exciting for children so really we adults don’t have to do much to engage them. There are fun and creative ways to help them organize all the sounds and letters in their environment. Montessori’s approach to language is fascinating to me. I encourage you to learn more about it.

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So far with our 3.5-year-old, we’ve learned sounds with object boxes, object baskets, and the sound of the day boxes. Our storytelling activities which include storytelling with a bag, writing our first story, and fill in the blank stories have been some of my all-time favorites. Plus this Storytelling 101 is a great post for parents. The sound map has been a good one to work on those trickier sounds.

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Here is another idea:

Take an ice cube tray, in our case it was a silicone ice cube tray, place sticker letters (or use a marker to write the letters) in the bottom of each cube, pre-plan a basket of objects (like mini replicas from Safari Toobs or Mini Japanese Erasers) to match with each letter and then introduce to your preschoolers. Once I introduced this work to my son, I left the basket and ice cube tray on our shelves to revisit when he desires. I look forward to switching the objects to work on ending sounds and other special letter combinations.

Thanks for visiting. I hope we inspired you today.
Marnie

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About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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