An overview of the

Montessori Reading Program

& how to make your own

Presented by Audrey Frazier

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Sandpaper Letters

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Sandpaper Letters Initial Sound Cards

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Sandpaper Letters Initial Sound Cards Singing Cards

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Sandpaper Letters Initial Sound Cards Singing Cards Salt Tray

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Sandpaper Letters Initial Sound Cards Singing Cards Salt Tray Tracing Letters

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Stencils of shapes. Used to develop small hand muscles needed for pencil control. Preparation for Writing

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Children are taught various ways in which insets can be traced: tracing the frame only, tracing the inset only, making overlays, and designs. All exercises help to develop free wrist movement, develop control of a pencil, firmness and lightness of touch in preparation for writing, and develops appreciation of design.

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5 of each lowercase letter in organized box. Blue vowels, Pink/Red consonant

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3 LEVELS
Pink Reading Blue Reading Green Reading

2-3 Letter Phonetic Words

4 + Letter Phonetic Words

Phonograms

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Phonetic Sounds
a as in apple b as in ball c as in cat d as in dog e as in elevator f as in feather g as in grass h as in horse i as in igloo j as in jeep k as in kite l as in lamp m as in moon n as in nose o as in otter p as in pancake qu as in quilt r as in rabbit s as in sun t as in tent u as in umpire v as in valentine w as in water x as in ax y as in yellow z as in zoo

In a true phonetic word, every letter makes the pure sound. Cat, doll and top are phonetic words. Car, baby, and toy are not phonetic words.

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Pink Reading

Step 1: Objects with Moveable Alphabet Step 2: Picture Cards with Moveable Alphabet Step 3: Objects with Word Cards Step 4: Picture Cards with Word Cards Step 5: Bingo Boards (6 pictures on cardstock, 6 loose word cards) Step 6: Secret Boxes (folded scrapbook paper with words) Step 7: Word Lists With photo on top Without photo on top Step 8: Booklets Simple phrase booklets Longer phrase booklets Simple sentence booklets Longer sentence booklets

2-3 Letter Phonetic words

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Blue Reading

(Identical to Pink Reading steps except with longer words) Step 1: Objects with Moveable Alphabet

4 + Letter Phonetic Words

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Blue Reading

(Identical to Pink Reading steps except with longer words) Step 1: Objects with Moveable Alphabet Step 2: Picture Cards with Moveable Alphabet

4 + Letter Phonetic Words

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Blue Reading

(Identical to Pink Reading steps except with longer words) Step 1: Objects with Moveable Alphabet Step 2: Picture Cards with Moveable Alphabet Step 3: Objects with Word Cards

4 + Letter Phonetic Words

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Blue Reading

(Identical to Pink Reading steps except with longer words) Step 1: Objects with Moveable Alphabet Step 2: Picture Cards with Moveable Alphabet Step 3: Objects with Word Cards Step 4: Picture Cards with Word Cards

4 + Letter Phonetic Words

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Blue Reading

(Identical to Pink Reading steps except with longer words)

4 + Letter Phonetic Words

Step 1: Objects with Moveable Alphabet Step 2: Picture Cards with Moveable Alphabet Step 3: Objects with Word Cards Step 4: Picture Cards with Word Cards Step 5: Bingo Boards (6 pictures on cardstock, 6 loose word cards) Step 6: Secret Boxes (folded scrapbook paper with words, Step 7: Word Lists With photo on top Without photo on top Step 8: Booklets Simple phrase booklets Longer phrase booklets Simple sentence booklets Longer sentence booklets

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Green Reading

th, ch ture, sh, sion, tion, ai, ay, a-e, ee, ea, ey, e-e, ie, y, e, ie, igh, i-e, i, y oa, o-e, o, oe oo short oo long, u-e, ue, ew, u aw, au al and all le er, ir, ur

ar or ou, ow oi, oy soft c soft g ph kn wh wr silent b silent t are, air ea (as in bread) ow (as in yellow)

Phonograms

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Green Reading

(For each separate phonogram) Step 1: Object with 2 different colored Moveable Alphabets

Phonograms

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Green Reading

(For each separate phonogram) Step 1: Object with 2 different colored Moveable Alphabets Step 2: Picture Cards and Word Cards

Phonograms

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Green Reading

Step 1: Object with 2 different colored Moveable Alphabets Phonograms Step 2: Picture Cards and Word Cards Step 3: Word Lists With photo on top & phonogram written in red, rest of the word in black Without photo on top and entire word written in black

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Green Reading

Step 1: Object with 2 different colored Moveable Alphabets Phonograms Step 2: Picture Cards and Word Cards Step 3: Word Lists With photo on top & phonogram written in red, rest of the word in black Without photo on top and entire word written in black Step 4: Sentence Booklets, phonetic sentences except for isolated phonogram words; phonogram written in red