Course curriculum

    1. Welcome message from Sharon Caldwell

    2. How to use this course

    3. Before we begin... Please answer some questions

    4. An Introduction to Montessori Education

    5. Key Features of the Montessori Literacy Programme

    6. Key Concepts in Montessori Education

    7. This Week's Zoom: 4 July 2023 - Welcome and Introduction

    1. An overview of the Montessori Language Programme: Looking at the Montessori Language Programme in Practice

    2. Three Perspectives: The Child, Montessori and Language

    3. Preparation of the Reading Brain: Introduction

    4. The Importance of Vocabulary

    5. Sounds in Words

    6. Preparation of the Reading Brain: Indirect Preparation

    7. The Reading Brain | Optional Additional Resources

    8. Wrap Up Week 1 - PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE MOVING TO NEXT WEEK'S RESOURCES

    1. Outline the Montessori Programme for Reading and Writing

    2. Introduction to Spoken Language in the Montessori Environment

    3. Period Before Reading | Words Connected with Category / Classified Pictures

    4. Period before reading | Words connected with Sensorial Materials

    5. Planes of Development | Where children need to be in the literacy program by around age 6 (Zoom).

    6. Period Before Reading |The Three Period Lesson - Explaining the Three Period Lesson

    7. Period before Reading | Language Development and Enrichment - Storytelling

    8. Period before Reading | Classification Extension Game

    9. Wrap Up Week 2 - PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE MOVING TO NEXT WEEK'S RESOURCES

    1. Video of Zoom 17 July 2023 - Second Plane Child and the Literacy Bridge

    2. Video of Zoom 20 July 2023 - Phonics, I spy, Sandpaper Letters

    3. Introduction to Writing

    4. The Period Before Reading | Sound Games

    5. The Period Before Reading | Letters Represent Sounds

    6. The Period Before Reading | The Moveable Alphabets

    1. Video of Zoom 25 July 2023.

    2. Introduction to Reading

    3. Reading | Doorway to Reading, Key Phonograms and Puzzle Words

    4. Reading | The Reading Folders and Beyond

    1. Course Wrap-up and Introduction to Bonus Chapter

    2. Reading | Full Handbook Chapter: Mechanical Reading

    3. Introduction to Grammar: Zoom meeting 15 August 2023

    4. Copy of Great and Key Lessons: Zoom meeting 8 August 2023

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