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Montessori lesson for 4 years old

Practical Life

Develop Gross motor skill
Outdoor activities.
Carrying material & Walking on line.
Use of material Rules, games and etc.
Silence Games.

Develop Fine motor skill

Pouring to a marked line.
Cutting complex shapes.
Cutting on designated area and edges.
Pasting / Gluing.
Threading.
Weaving, Plaiting, sewing.
Care of Environment
Care of books.
Setting up table.
Food preparation – Spreading butter on bread.
Peeling, slicing.

Care of Self

Use of Tissue.
Independent care of personal belongings.

Folding Exercises

Rolling & unrolling socks, own clothes, table cloth.

Dressing Frame

Press Studs.
Buckle.
Lacing.

Sensorial

Visual development
Knobbed Cylinder (v-shape & Square).
Broad Stairs.
Knobbed less cylinder (designated pattern).
Vocabulary –Big, small, short, tall, long, thick, thin, narrow & broad.

Chromatic

Colour box 3 (arrange dark to light shade of colour).
Vocabulary- Light, lighter, lightest, dark, darker, darkest.

Temperature

Thermometer ( measure temperature of different hot & cold materials).
Thermic bottles.
Vocabulary – Hot, cold, warm, warmer, warmest, cool, cooler, coolest.

Algebra (not available yet)

Binomial cube.
Trinomial cube.
Weight
Baric tablets.
Vocabulary – Light, lighter, lightest, heavy, heavier, heaviest.

Auditory Development

Sound boxes (matching sound).
Vocabulary – Loud, louder, loudest, soft, softer, softest.

Olfactory Development

Smelling jars – 3 materials.
Vocabulary – Strong, mild, pleasant, fragrance, spices.

Gustatory Development

Taste Jars.
Vocabulary – Sweet, sour, bitter, spicy & salty.

Geometry

Geometric cabinet.
Geometric solids.
Construction triangles.
Tessellations.

Mathematics

Written Symbols
Recognising 1-10.
Formation numbers – Writing direction.
Free hand writing.

Recording

Association of rods with number card – random.
Association of rods with number card – in sequence.

Card & Counter

Association of symbols with quantities.
Introduce odd and even numbers.

Decimal System

Golden beads – Unit, ten, hundred, thousand.
Counting through with golden beads.
Numeral Cards – 1, 10, 100, 1000.
Counting through with numeral cards.
Association of quantities with written symbols.
Bird’s eye view.
Bank game.
Sequin Boards
Sequin board A – Quantities and written symbol for 11-19.
Sequin board B – Quantities and written symbols for 10-90.
Combining – Quantities and written symbols for 11-99
Skip counting.

Individual Exercise

Short Bead Stairs.
-addition.
-subtraction.

With Golden Beads material
– With or without change.
- Addition.
- Subtraction.

Language (English)

Pre-reading Activities
Naming games with mystery bag.
Naming games with objects in the environment.

Early Writing Activities

Outline drawing with insets for design.
Correct letter formation using : sandpaper letter to form “a” to “z”.

Phonetic reading – pink series material
Beginning sound with “I spy” games using objects.
Listening to stories.

Association with sandpaper letter (SPL)
Introduce of last / middle sounds with “ I spy” games using objects and pictures.
Words building with Large Moveable Alphabets (LMA).
Phonetic blending – pink words with objects – Eat, dog, cup, etc.
Recognition of sign words – a, I, the, etc.
Pink sentence and pictures.

Writing materials
Letter formation – writing from memory.

Cultural Learning

Living Things
Body parts.
External – Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands, legs, etc.
Internal – Brain, oesophagus, stomach, kidneys, heart, intestine.
Function of body part and all organs.
Senses & Function.
Care of Body / Hygiene.
Family & Family Tree.

Festivals

Father’s Day.
Mother’s Day.
Hari Raya Puasa.
Chinese New Year.
Deepavali.
Christmas.
National Day.
Children’s Day.
Earth Day.
Teacher’s Day.

Art & Craft

Dough – Molding, pressing, kneading, and cutting.
Pasting objects.
Drawing and painting.
Science Activities
Sink and float.
Magnetism.
Shadow.
Transportation.

History

Name of the date, days, week, months of the year.
Weather – Sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy.
A timeline of a day in the life of a child.
Child’s birthday.

Botany
Part of plants – Tree, flowers, leaves, fruits.
Name of plants – Tree, flowers, fruits, vegetables.
Growing plants.
Living and non-living things.
Zoology / Animal.
Large pictures of animals.
Collection of model animals – Naming.
Identifying animal – Loosely grouped, specifically grouped.
Part of animals.
Habitat, food and behaviour.
Life cycle of animals.

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