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| “So you want to
do Montessori at home ?” |
Here are the secrets that Montessori
teachers won’t tell you by
Sue Bradley, author of ‘8 Critical Things You To Need Know
About Doing Montessori At Home (Practical Advice and Proven Techniques
used by Montessori Teachers)’. |
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| What
if you could give your child all the advantages
of an early Montessori education – without
spending a single dollar on expensive preschools? I’m
going to let you in on six secrets that Montessori teachers won’t
tell you (I wonder if you can find all six?). By the time you finish
reading this article, you will be ready to take the plunge and
start teaching your preschooler at home using the classic
Montessori method (it’s a lot easier than you think). |
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| Montessori preschools seem to be sprouting up everywhere.
They’re really popular, and for good
reason – an early Montessori education will give your
child many advantages. Your child will: |
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Develop self confidence |
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Develop self motivation |
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Develop joyful self-discipline |
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Function independently |
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Develop a lifelong passion for
learning |
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Spontaneously choose to engage
in meaningful activities |
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Cultivate the ability to express
himself and think with clarity |
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Learn to concentrate |
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Work at his own pace and rhythm
without competition from other kids |
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Learn to read,
write, and do math…..even before he gets to kindergarten! |
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| I call this the ‘Montessori
Advantage’. Who wouldn’t want this advantage for their
child? |
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| Just look at the Larry Page and
Sergey Brin, the young founders of Google,
the popular internet search engine. They credit a big chunk
of their success to their Montessori education – they
say it taught them to think for themselves and to be self-starters,
and gave them the freedom to pursue their own interests. |
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Does your child have the potential
to become the next Larry Page or Sergey Brin? Are you doing everything
you can to help him develop this potential?
Now let me ask you a question.
If I can show you a proven way to give your child the Montessori
Advantage at home, would you be willing to give
it a try? Just keep reading and I will
show you how it can be done….and it’s easier than you
think.
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| What I learned about doing
Montessori at home |
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| I wanted to send my son Justin to a
Montessori preschool but I was appalled at the cost – over $500
per month! Quite frankly, our family doesn’t have extra cash
for that kind of thing, so I started to read about Montessori to see
if I could do it at home instead. At first, I was quite discouraged.
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Montessori schools
use special high quality Montessori
‘materials’ or toys from traditional suppliers
like Nienhuis Montessori. These materials can be very expensive.
As a parent, if I want to purchase these materials, then I am
charged the same high prices as the schools. |
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Montessori materials need to
be shown to children in a special way. Montessori teachers call
these ‘presentations’.
If you are not a Montessori teacher, it is very frustrating
trying to figure out how to present the materials. |
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Montessori materials need to
be presented in a specific sequence.
Each activity is specially designed to lay the foundation for
the next activity. But once again, it takes a lot of digging
to figure out the proper order to present the materials. |
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| Here’s the kicker - I looked
everywhere and I couldn’t find a single source that
could provide me with Montessori materials and ALSO show me how to
use them properly with my child (and in what order). I’m sure
you can imagine how frustrated I was! But don’t let me discourage
you – I’m just giving you some background. The good news
is coming next. |
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| There IS an easy way to do
Montessori at home |
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| I’m excited
to tell you that I eventually discovered you CAN: |
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Use top notch, authentic
Montessori materials without spending a fortune |
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Follow easy, ‘how-to’
instructions for presenting materials using the classic
Montessori method |
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Go at your own pace |
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Teach your child reading, writing,
and math in 4 easy steps |
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| In other words, you
can do Montessori at home…and it’s easier than
you think once you know about these secrets that I uncovered: |
Secret
#1: You don’t have to be a teacher to do Montessori
at home.
If you have the proper Montessori materials, and
clear, step-by-step instructions to follow, then
anyone (even you!) can do Montessori at home. Also, despite what
Montessori teachers will tell you, your child doesn't need to be
in a classroom environment to get the full benefit of
a Montessori education. That's because preschool-aged kids for the
most part prefer to work independently.
Secret #2: Kids
love working with Montessori materials.
Each item challenges your child to learn, and he will not be satisfied
until he masters it. Even after he masters an activity, he will
continue to come back to it over and over again. Would you like
it if your kids were happily absorbed in their play and never got
sick of their toys?
Secret #3: Kids
learn reading, writing, and math in 4
basic steps (keep reading…because in the next section
I describe each of these steps in detail).
Secret #4: Your
child can teach himself to read, write, and do math
Montessori materials are specially designed so that children can
play with the materials by themselves and learn the concepts on
their own. That's why Montessori classes are usually much larger
than regular preschools – because teachers don't need to be
constantly interacting with each child.
Secret #5: Your
child can learn to read, write, and do math at a very young age
– long before they even go to kindergarten.
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Don't
forget there are SIX secrets... that means there's still
one secret left!
I was pretty sure there must be lots of parents
like you and me out there – people who want to do Montessori
at home but don’t know exactly where to start. So I put all
the information I gathered into an e-Book called “8
Critical Things You Need Know About Doing Montessori At Home
(Practical Advice and Proven Techniques used by Montessori Teachers)”.
I don’t want you to waste a lot of time and effort duplicating
the work that I have already done gathering this information. So
please, do yourself a favor and read
this e-Book (of course, it’s
free).
I also developed a simple,
step-by-step system to teach my son reading, writing and
math. It’s based on the Steps below, using the classic Montessori
method. While you’re reading about each Step you can have
a peek at the Step-by-Step packages I created….you’ll
be amazed and relieved to discover how easy it is to do Montessori
at home using the step-by-step system I developed. |
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| Read and Write in 4 Simple
Steps |
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basic steps to learning language skills using the Montessori
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Language Step 1
The first step is to learn the shapes and
sounds of all the letters.
Your child will learn letter shapes and sounds using Sandpaper
Letters. These are wooden cards with
sandpaper letter shapes glued onto each one. When your child traces
the sandpaper letter with his fingers, he is learning what it feels
like to write the letters. While he traces the letter, he says the
phonetic sound out loud.
So, Montessori children learn their letters phonetically
– that is, they learn the sound the letter makes rather than
the name of the letter. It has been shown over and over that this
is a superior way to teach children to read. While he is playing
with the Sandpaper Letters, your child will also
enjoy matching the letter to Beginning
Sound Cards (pictures of words that start with each letter
sound).
Take
a look at my Language
Step 1 package….you’ll see that it contains everything
you need to get started with reading and writing, including an Instruction
Book with authentic Montessori Presentations –
easy, step-by-step instructions for
presenting the material to your child using the classic
Montessori method.
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Language Step 2
The next step in language development is to
start learning to write with a pencil. This step is usually combined
with learning to write letters, a frustrating experience for most
children! Instead, Montessori children learn to control a pencil
as a separate activity from learning to write their letters. To
do this, they play with the Metal
Insets. These are thin metal frames,
with cut-out shapes (insets).
Your child will trace both the inset and the frame
and then color in the shapes using colored pencils. Eventually he
will learn to make symmetrical patterns that resemble stained glass
windows! Your child will enjoy doing this for hours and hours, and
while doing so he is gaining practice controlling a pencil, a skill
he will later use when he learns to write words.
Take
a look at my Language
Step 2 package…you’ll see that I’ve put together
all the things you need – even a pencil holder and a stack
of paper that’s an exact fit for the Metal Insets!
3.
Language Step 3
Next, your child will learn to create words
on his own! Reading comes naturally before writing, because writing
is a skill that takes longer to develop. The Montessori method makes
use of the Moveable Alphabet,
thin wooden letters that a child can manipulate to make words. Your
child will 'write' using the Moveable Alphabet instead
of using a pencil. In this way, Montessori children learn to read
and write long before most other children.
Your child can think up his own words to make with
the Moveable Alphabet, or he can use Picture
Word Cards to give him ideas. The words are printed on the
back of the Picture Word Cards so your child can check his work
to see if he used the right letters to spell the word.
Take
a look at my Language
Step 3 package…I’m sure you can imagine how much
fun your child will have with this one!
4.
Language Step 4
The 4th step in learning language is to read
someone else’s words (with the Moveable
Alphabet, children read words they created themselves,
which is not truly reading yet). To do this, your child will work
with the Phonetic Object Box.
This is a box containing miniature objects representing words that
are spelled phonetically using 3 or 4 letters. Accompanying the
box is a set of Word Cards – one card for each object in the
box. By sounding out the words on the cards and matching the cards
with the objects in the box, your child will practice reading.
Another way to practice reading someone else’s
words is to use Action Cards (sometimes
called Command Cards), which are verbs printed
on small cards. Your child will read the word and then perform the
action printed on the cards. He can also practice silent
reading using Secret Word Cards:
select a card, silently read the ‘secret’ word
printed on it, and then return the card to the basket.
Take
a look at my Language
Step 4 package. This is my favourite one, and I’m extremely
proud of it. It includes the Phonetic Object Box plus
Word Cards, Action Cards, and
Secret Word Cards…and of course, an Instruction
Book.
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| Basic Math in 4 Simple Steps |
There are 4 basic steps
to learning math skills using the Montessori method.
1.
Math Step 1
The first step is to learn the values of the numbers 1 – 10.
Lots of small children can count in sequence from 1 – 10,
but they don’t really know the values associated with the
numbers (for example, that ‘2’ is twice as big as ‘1’).
Montessori children learn this concept effortlessly by playing with
the famous Montessori Number Rods.
Once your child is familiar with the Number
Rods, you can introduce the Number
Tablets, which are numerals printed on a thin wooden board.
Your child will match the Number Tablets to the proper Number Rods.
Take
a look at my Math Step
1 package….you’ll see that it contains everything
you need to get started with math, including an Instruction Book
with authentic Montessori Presentations –
easy, step-by-step instructions for presenting the material
to your child using the classic Montessori
method.
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Math Step 2
The second step is to learn to count individual items. This is a
more difficult concept that is often introduced too soon. Montessori
children use Spindle Boxes to learn
this concept. Your child will learn to put three spindles into the
'3' section of the box, and so on.. Since there is also a section
labeled ‘0’, he is introduced to the concept of zero.
Montessori children also use Numerals
and Counters to reinforce the concept. These are separate
wooden numbers and small round discs or counters. Your child will
lay out the numerals, and underneath them place the correct number
of counters. By placing the counters in two columns underneath the
numerals, he is introduced to the concept of odd and even numbers.
When children are first introduced to the Numerals
and Counters, they like to use Numerals
and Counters Cards. Your child will place the Numerals
and Counters on top of the cards, which are printed with
outlines of the Numerals and Counters in the proper
positions.
Take
a look at my Math Step
2 package…you’ll see that it contains all these
things (even the Numerals and Counters Cards), as well as an Instruction
Book.
3.
Math Step 3
Next, children are introduced to the decimal system. Here, your
child will learn category names (units, tens, hundreds, and thousands)
and the relative sizes of the categories by playing with the famous
Montessori Golden Beads. These
are beautiful amber-colored beads that are wired together in groups.
A single golden bead represents 'one', a ten-bead bar represents
'ten', a hundred-bead square represents 'one hundred', and a thousand-cube
represents 'one thousand'. By handling the Golden Beads
during play, your child unconsciously learn how big ‘1000’
is compared to ‘1’ or ‘100’ or ‘10’.
After being introduced to the Golden Beads,
your child is shown the Wooden Number
Cards. These are thin wooden boards that have numbers from
1 to 1000 printed on them. Working with the Wooden Number
Cards and the Golden Beads together,
your child will learn to associate the written symbols for the categories
of the decimal system with their quantities.
Take
a look at my Math Step
3 package…you’ll see that it contains both of these
items…and a few other things you’ll need, including
an Instruction Book.
4.
Math Step 4
The 4th step in learning basic math concepts is to learn the names
and values of the numbers 11 to 19 (the ‘teens’) and
then from 10 to 90 by tens (the ‘tens’). Finally he
will learn to count from 1 to 99. Once again there is a special
Montessori material designed to teach this – the
Teens and Tens Boards, also sometimes called Seguin Boards.
These boards have digit tablets that can slide over the numbers
on the boards, allowing you to create any number from 1 to 99.
Your child will use beads along with the Teens
and Tens Boards to learn the math concepts. These include
some of the Golden Beads introduced
earlier in Step 3 and also colored bead bars called the Short
Bead Stair.
Take
a look at my Math Step
4 package. This is my biggest package and it’s packed
with lots of great stuff!
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| So now you can see that it’s
pretty straight-forward doing Montessori at home, as long as you stick
to a Step-by-Step system like this. |
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| You CAN do Montessori at Home.
What’s it worth to you? |
Near the beginning of this article,
I asked you the question ‘If
I can show you a proven way to give your child the Montessori Advantage
at home, would you be willing to give it a try?’ Since you’re
still here, I can assume you answered ‘yes’. You have
to agree that I have lived up to my end of the bargain and shown
you that there IS a simple step-by-step method to giving your child
all the advantages of a Montessori education at home. So, now
it’s time for you to act and give it a try.
What’s it worth to you to make sure your
child get the Montessori Advantage?
To many parents, it’s worth $5000, $10,000, even $18,000.
Don’t believe it? It’s true! That’s what 3 years
in a Montessori preschool can cost….where kids learn exactly
the same things you can teach them at
home using my simple step-by-step system.
The good news is
that you can get started today
for as little as $54. For this low price you can own the materials
for unlimited use in your own
home (and even use the materials over and over again with multiple
children). You can relax knowing
that each ‘Step’ is a complete
package containing authentic, high-quality Montessori learning
materials and complete ‘how-to’ instructions for presenting
the materials to your child using the classic Montessori method.
So get
started with Step-by-Step Montessori and start giving your child
the Montessori Advantage today.
Here’s the best
part: if you place your order today, then I will also send
you a free gift: a Montessori
Frog Puzzle. Normally you would pay $15 or more for this one
item! I can’t guarantee how long these puzzles will last.
So place
your order today, and I’ll make sure you get one. Secret
#6: Enter Promotional Code 56724
at checkout to receive this free gift. |
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You’ll be happy to hear that
I have a no-hassle refund policy. Buy
a Step-by-Step Montessori package today, and if you don’t
find it easy to get your preschooler started reading, writing, and
doing math at home using the classic Montessori method, then simply
return the package at any time within the next 60 days and I will
cheerfully refund your money.
I am so confident that you will be thrilled with
your Step-by-Step Montessori package that even if you decide to
return it, you can keep the bonus Montessori Frog Puzzle
free as my gift to you. Do you really think I would I make
this offer if we thought you would be unhappy with your purchase? |
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| Is your child the next Larry
Page or Sergey Brin?….Make sure you give him the Montessori
Advantage, at home |
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| It’s easy for you to give your
child the Montessori Advantage. You CAN: |
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Use top notch, authentic
Montessori materials |
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Follow easy,
‘how-to’ instructions for presenting the
material to my child using the classic Montessori method |
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Go at your own pace |
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Teach your child reading, writing,
and math in 4 easy steps |
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In other words, you
can do Montessori at home! |
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I’m sure I’ll be thrilled
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| I'm excited that you are going to start
doing Montessori at home too! Please let me know how it goes. I would
love to hear from you. My email address is Sue@MontessoriSteps.com. |
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Sue Bradley
Author of “8 Critical Things You Need Know About Doing Montessori
At Home (Practical Advice and Proven Techniques used by Montessori
Teachers)”. |
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