This is a great reminder from Maria Montessori herself: It's perfectly fine to MODIFY your albums to meet the needs of the child. We can do floor materials on a table and vice versa. With all the physical and sensorial challenges children face these days, the best tool you have for helping children is... flexibility!
Always remember the three D's for deciding whether or not a child's behavior is acceptable: destruction, disrespect, and distraction. If the child uses a material in a way that leads to the 3 D's, then it is time to intervene. If not, see what happens - watch their exploration. If you see that there is fantasy play going on, it doesn't necessarily mean the behavior must be stopped immediately, it just means you need to spend some time thinking about what is purposeful for that child. How can we bring the child back to reality using something he is interested in?
Most importantly, keep in mind that....
You're albums are a STARTING point for your classroom, not the ending point. Even Maria Montessori herself showed us that we can and should modify our lessons if it is purposeful to the child.
Join me for Montessori-inspired lesson plans and ideas to challenge young readers with phonetic books. I will show different ways you can use phonetic books to assess if your child is reading or simply memorizing these booklets. These lesson will help your young reader think critically with simple phonetic booklets.
I review Christmas Clue, Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza, Haunted Mansion Board Game, Unstable Unicorns, and Trash Pandas!
Because the Trinomial Cube is such an intricate material, I thought I would upload my PowerPoint presentation on this subject - just in case it helps anyone out there.
Here's are the slides I used for my video on introducing The Verb
