In this article we are going to better see how to help our little ones learn to write. There are different methods to do this, as well as for reading, but the pedagogue Maria Montessori has developed her own didactics
Montessori she was convinced that children could be approached to writing from the early years of kindergarten, today kindergarten, but with the right stages. To learn to write, in fact, they had to follow various stages. Let’s check.
The stages | Learning to write: 3 books according to the Montessori method
The stages that the child has to go through are basically three:
1. Train fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination
2. Knowing how to learn the letters of the alphabet through touch
3. Trace the signs of the letters of the alphabet
Each of these stages takes time and varies depending on the child and the learning of the same. To train motor skills, for example, some exercises you can do are to track some letters with a pencil, crop lines on a sheet or composing puzzle. They are used to train the strength of the fingers and to master the pen. To help you learn the letters of the alphabet, however, it is good to start with touch according to Montessori. In fact, children recognize and remember more through this sense.
One of the games to do this is that of letters filthyli which help the child to learn by touching the letter, memorizing it. Then you can move on to tracing, in fact tracing the assimilated shapes thanks to the touch on a surface (such as the sand) and then move on to the sheet. All movements must be accompanied by the sound so that he can associate it with the letters.
Montessori Method | Learning to write: 3 books according to the Montessori method
The aim of Montessori education and the consequent method is to help develop the full potential of the child in every area. Focus onindependence, on creativity, on development physical, psychic e social through various objects, games and teaching materials. As we have seen Montessori has devised the frosted letters for learning to write and shows various differences compared to other pedagogues or pedagogists.
The method of pedagogy scientific it was welcomed all over the world because a positive and good image of the child was presented, welcomed in all its stage of development. Montessori starts from the idea that syllable counting is not suitable for teaching writing, contrary to what was thought.
The child must be taught to recognize each phoneme to identify the sound and its letter. The “M” Sara “mmmm” and not “We do not”, Although the opposite may seem easier for adults. All of this will bring him to phonetic awareness which will help him write and read.
Another difference between the classic and Montessori method is that of preferring letters lowercase and not capital letters as children tend to draw curves and not straight lines.
3 books
1. 100 Montessori activities to prepare my child to read and write
Through the senses, as we have said, the child develops intelligence. Here are 100 activities you can do to help him activate his senses and lead him to writing. Recommended age: 3 years
2. My Little Book: Cursive Writing
Montessori has a preference for lowercase cursive and here indicates various ways to teach children to cursive, draw and color. Recommended age: 5 years
3. Montessori didactic album – Activities to learn to read and write
Activities are included to help fine motor skills, as we have seen essential to get to write. Recommended age: 3 years
Who is Maria Montessori?
Maria Montessori in Italy, was one of the first women to graduate from the faculty of medicine. The method she devised, and from which it takes its name, became famous first in Italy and then throughout the world. He had his uncle a scientist, Antonio Stoppani, as a mentor and teacher. She had the struggle for women’s emancipation at heart, participating in the congresses financed by the women of Chiaravalle in Berlin and London.
In 1907 the first children’s home opened. During a congress in America in 1913 she is presented as the most interesting woman in Europe and her methods become world models in the education of children of all ideas.
