Fun with Collective Nouns...

Oh yes, I did a classic trick last week - and hence the lack of post! Took a load of photos on my fancy new camera then realised I hadn't got the SD card in *doh*

So we are still working on grammar/English. We revisited collective nouns, always fun! Normally I present the activity showing how to do it but this time I just gave him the cards and let him figure it out.

So the cards were in 2 sets for example...

A murder of                         crows
A litter of                             puppies
A pride of                            lions

Once he has separated them into two columns I got the timer out and timed him matching them.

Of course I didn't expect him to get them all right first time but he did quite well...

In Montessori one of the important aspects for activities is that they have a control of error - a way for the child to check their work by themselves. In this case, I drew little matching symbols on the back. He went through and checked his work, pulled out the ones he got wrong then tried again.

Third time was the charm!

Of course you can't do collective nouns without making some up yourself and as little boys go...

A sneak of ninjas was soon partnered with a A stink of farts and well, lets just say it went downhill after that!

Montessori Grammar Farm Lesson

If you are interested in Montessori and the introduction to grammar, then I have a post over on MOC on how to do it. When I first discovered Montessori I read The Science Behind The Genius, which is an excellent book and really laid it out why Montessori's theories were so spot on. 

I fell in love with various parts of her work, the math work is nothing short of genius and I really wish I had be taught that way. The grammar work too is a great way to approach the subject, we have been a bit slack as of late but Ebi-kun really enjoys doing the work so we made a deal to do some grammar work every week. Now it the tough part, of keeping his level up as the Japanese school work increases.

The introductory lesson and everything you need is over HERE. If you have a bilingual child who is in school, how do you go about keeping their language levels up?