The Montessori manual : in which Dr. Montessori's teachings and educational occupations are arranged in practical exercises or lessons for the mother or the teacher / by Dorothy Canfield Fisher.

  • Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958.
Date:
1914
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Credit: The Montessori manual : in which Dr. Montessori's teachings and educational occupations are arranged in practical exercises or lessons for the mother or the teacher / by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    figure he is tracing. Most children of three-and- a-half or four have seen so much of writing among the adults of their acquaintance that their curiosity is deeply aroused as to the mysterious process and they are delighted with the prospect of learning something about it. They need, as a rule, no further incentive than the statement that this is the beginning of their learning how to write. Testing the Child’s Comprehension.—As soon as a few letters are learned, the teacher, or mother, should make sure of the child’s grasp of them in the same way she tested his knowledge of colors. She lays down four or five on the table and asks for a certain one. “Give me ‘a,’ please,” or “Give me ‘b.’” When the child can do this quickly and surely, she next holds one up and asks him what it is. When he can identify those first letters he can be allowed to pass on to others, and as the number even in our alphabet is quite limited, it will not be long before he has mastered all the letters. Begins to Recognize and Spell Words.—Before that time, however, if his interest in the process is lively, he can begin to recognize words, and to compose them. If he has learned “p” and “a” he can compose the familiar word “papa,” and will, in most cases, do this of his own accord if