Since we were home all day, I started working on an extension for some work you may have noticed in the class. In the Sensorial area, we have a set of blue Geometric Solids. The children learn the names of these shapes. I am working on some cards to go with them to classify familiar objects with the solids they may see at school. For example, a drinking glass is a cylinder and a tent is a triangle-based Prism.
When the children work with the solids, Montessori uses a teaching method called the "Three Period Lesson". The three periods are
1.) Name the object ("This is a cone.")
2.) Point out the objects from a small group ("Which one is the cone?")
3.) Have the child name the object ("What is this?")
A child can move through the periods at their own pace. They need to hear the new vocabulary many times for them to be able to use it. You may hear a teacher tell a child "Can you put the cone on your head?" Can you turn the cone over?" "Can you pass the cone to your friend?" The child is using their sense of touch manipulating the object as well as hearing the word over and over again.
It is always exciting when a child reaches the third period!
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