A CHILD
Children Service Network, Inc.
The following are the basic Montessori classroom Skills we will be working on throughout the school year.
| SENSORIAL SKILLS (FOCUSING ON THE 5 SENSES) |
| pouring beans from container to container |
| pouring water from container to container |
| pouring beans and water through a funnel |
| opening and closing containers |
| buttoning, hooking, zipping, buckling |
| tying, braiding, sewing, lacing, beading |
| washing a baby doll |
| ask for / receive scissors / carrying scissors |
| carrying and rolling mat |
| carrying and placing a chair |
| hanging aprons on a hook |
| washing a mirror or shell or other small object |
| dusting / sweeping |
| pink tower - graduates from smallest to largest |
| broad brown stairs - graduates from smallest to largest |
| knobbed cylinder block (set # 1) graduates from smallest to largest |
| knobbed cylinder block (set # 2) |
| being silent (silent lesson) |
| using insets properly (stencils) |
| exercise of sandpaper letters |
| textures / tactile fabric matching / touch discrimination |
| hot / cold, warm / cool discrimination |
| sorting grains |
| MANNERS |
| Saying Please and Thank-you |
| Greeting people properly |
| Common courtesy and respect toward people and things |
| LANGUAGE |
| set # 1 c a s t v f |
| set # 2 j u m p r g |
| set # 3 b e d h n |
| set # 4 w I l k y |
| set # 5 z x o q |
| recites the alphabet |
| recognizes beginning sounds |
| matches letters (visual discrimination) |
| dictation at appropriate level |
| questioning / inquiring / understanding / reasoning at appropriate level |
| understands main idea of story |
| retells story in sequence |
| demonstrates left to right |
| speech to appropriate level |
| verbally expresses own needs |
| use and care of books and library |
| naming picture / labeling object |
| matching picture to object |
| demonstrates ability to use simple vocabulary and phrases to appropriate level |
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MATH |
| recognizes numbers 0 – 4, recognizes numbers 5 – 9, recognizes numbers 10 - 20 |
| sequences numbers 0 - 4 correctly, sequences numbers 5 - 9 correctly |
| counts to 10, counts to 50, counts to 100 by tens |
| matching objects corresponding to number (0-4), then (5-9), then (teens) |
| adds numbers (+1, +2) |
| subtracts numbers (-1, -2) |
| recognizes coins: penny, nickel, dime, quarter |
| understands concept: odd / even |
| understands concept: greater than, less than, equal |
| graduates from smallest to largest / shortest to longest or tallest |
| counts small beads in units from 1-10 and puts in order |
| counts tally marks |
| CULTURAL / SCIENCE |
| simple science projects (sink/ float, magnets, weights, mixing colors, condensation, etc) |
| names parts of a plant |
| names parts of a insect |
| names parts of a tree |
| names parts of a leaf |
| classifies animals |
| classifies plant |
| names and labels body parts (at least 5) |
| names and labels bones (at least 5) |
| land / air / water discrimination |
| past / present / future concept |
| recites the days of the week |
| foreign language: knows at least 5 foreign words (in Sign, Spanish, German, or French) |
