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Montessori Reading & Writing Tutorial: Phonics Fun - Blends for Beginners

Improve reading, handwriting, vocabulary and pronunciation. Learn phonics with the Montessori movable alphabet: short vowel sounds & blends. Master phonemic awareness: segmenting and blending skills necessary for confident phonetic reading!
Rachael Gerhard - Montessori Specialist
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Meets on Demand
schedule meetings as needed
45 mins
per session
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Homework
1 hour per week. 🧡 Complete the word lists before or after class if preferred! 🖨️ I provide a PDF dotted-font word list for guided writing and visual copying on the Monday before each session 📝Complete the list on an iPad with a stylus pencil, or print the PDFs and complete with a marker, pen or pencil. ✍🏽Enrolled learners receive my brief video about how to achieve a comfortable and efficient pencil grip.

Class Experience

US Grade Preschool - 1
Beginner Level
❤️This tutorial is designed for young learners who already know one sound for each letter and need guidance as they practice 1-word phonetic reading with short vowel sounds and blends. 

❤️ CLASS CONTENT: 
Via screen-sharing: 
1️⃣ 🎶 with an original slideshow we sing a letter-sound song for the entire alphabet, then sing the ABC Song!

2️⃣ 🖼️ I introduce eight colorful photos, focusing on names and descriptions.

3️⃣ 🔡 I demonstrate the Montessori color-coded alphabet with phonetic letter sounds and photos. We sound out and discuss phonetic words such as "dig," "frogs" and "sunset." 

4️⃣ 📝 Using the dotted-font word list provided, I demonstrate writing each word twice while saying the letter sounds.

5️⃣ 📖 With guidance, the learner reads each label, use the word in a sentence, and observes as I match each label with a picture. Fun discussion is included!

6️⃣ 🎉 I guide a fun cooperative BINGO game, emphasizing picture description, conversation and letter sounds. If the learner feels ready to read books aloud, we will also read a short digital book from Pioneer Valley Books, via screen-sharing.

😊 My teaching style is warm, attentive and patient. This class is similar to a Montessori classroom experience; an enthusiastic one-on-one lesson on vocabulary, letter sounds, spelling, conversation, and learning to read! We'll end each meeting with a brief goodbye song with live autoharp accompaniment.

Each session focuses on 8 words for writing and reading with an additional 8 words on the BINGO game, such as "map, fins, pigpen, hut, pump, mist, plant, robin" and "mop, belt, wax, wig, squint, web, ants, pom-pom"

❤️ Enroll any time - the content is not cumulative. I teach 4 more challenging levels of Montessori Read & Write classes and I’m happy to communicate when your child is ready for the next level!
📝 For learners who already write in cursive, I offer word list PDFs in cursive font

🧑🏽‍💻MONTESSORI READ & WRITE CLASSES:
🤍 Intro Level "Montessori Phonics: Letter Sounds & Easy Handwriting" (self-paced)
🩷 Level 1 "Phonics - CVC Words for Beginners" (group or 1:1) Ages 3 - 6 
❤️ Level 2 "Phonics Fun - Blends for Beginners" (group or 1:1) Ages 3 - 6 
🧡 Level 3 "Phonics & Intro to Digraphs" (group or 1:1) Ages 4 - 6 
💛 Read Books Aloud & Memorize Sight Words (1:1 only) Ages 5 - 7
💚 Level 4 "Mastering Digraphs for Emerging Readers" (group or 1:1) Ages 5 - 7 
💙 Level 5 "Word Study for Emerging Readers" (group or 1:1) Ages 5 - 7 
💜 Level 6 "Vocabulary Enrichment for Emerging Writers" (group or 1:1) Ages 5 - 7
Learning Goals
❤️ Learners will: 
🏅 be able to correctly identify one phonetic sound for each letter of the alphabet 
🏅 master phonemic awareness, segmenting and blending skills necessary for confident phonetic reading 
🏅 improve lowercase print handwriting skills through guided writing projects in class
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Supply List
🧡 OPTIONAL PRINTABLES: For each session, the learner receives: 
🥇 PDF of dotted-font handwriting list
🥈 A colorful BINGO game PDF with photos that match the word lists, plus 8 additional photos 
🔡 If you would like to have a movable alphabet of your own, I recommend going to alisonsmontessori.com and purchasing "small movable alphabet with box, red and blue" item number L07
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
📜 Certified Early Childhood Educator, Lead Montessori Teacher and Music Specialist for 28 years
📜 Bachelor of Music Education
📜 Certified by the most rigorous Montessori training program in North America (Association Montessori Internationale) 
📜 TESOL certified

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