I am currently in college studying to become an elementary teacher and I’m currently taking a foundations of literacy class. The Montessori approach to the alphabet really interests me, I think I’ll bring it up in one of our next discussions!
I’m taking a Montessori literacy course right now. You should, Samera! PS thank you for inspiring me to start on my Montessori journey, Ashley! Really!!
Hi Ashley! I don’t have any kids yet, but I can’t wait to start a family of my own and raise them in a Montessori way. Thank you so much for making these “Montessori at Home” videos as I think they’re the most clear and informative out of all the others on TH-cam! Your tone is so warm and gentle which really makes these videos a joy to watch. I also love to watch Kylie and Mia grow in your family vlogs - they’re getting so big so fast! Your channel really brightens my day. I hope I can be as great of a mom as you are when I’m finally ready
You always give me the best ideas! I'm raising my child bilingually (English and German) and for starting with the alphabet that's the best idea ever! I'll definitely look into the letters once baby gets to this age! Thank you for all you commitment and inspiration!
I'm doing the same. My child is learning English and Hawaiian. I've been working on adapting the Montessori method for Hawaiian. Thank you Ashley! ALL your videos have been so very helpful!
You have shaped the way I parent my son. I have an almost 9 month old little boy and I try to implement as much Montessori as I can. He even picks between shirts he wants to wear!
This Montessori approach to the alphabet is the one thing that really stumps me! It definitely makes sense from a child’s perspective, but as an adult it seems a bit tricky. When teaching the letters as their sound, are you supposed to commit to either the long or short sound of the vowels? If so, how do you help your child grapple with the fact that what they thought was “ah” also has another noise? I’m also excited to see how you transition to the names of the letters as Kylie grows up 😊
I sometimes get confused with the alphabet sound. Am i the only one? 😅 Hope you can make tutorials about the alphabet sound too so that we adults who get confused with it can learn and not teach our kids wrong.
I had a trial nanny job last week watching a 3 and 1 year old. At the start of the job, the 3 year old was helping dad make toast in the new toaster. The child pushed the correct button and pushed down the lever and I pointed out that the light was next to the word "Toast." Of course, dad immediately transitioned into "T is for toast. T for toaster. T for train...." I took a different approach and put the emphasis on the phonics: "T-t-toast. T-t-train" to highlight that those words started with the same SOUND. [And fyi- I know of a video that sings the classic Alphabet Song both phonetically AND the traditional way- along with the ASL manual alphabet. I haven't QUITE gotten used to singing it phonetically myself, but that's one of my goals]. I LOVE the idea of focusing on lowercase letters. It makes a LOT of sense, but it's interesting because that's the OPPOSITE of what a LOT of people suggest. (Though, a lot of elementary school teachers say that preschoolers should learn proper case when learning to write their names because a lot of children have a hard time breaking the habit of writing their name in all capital letters). Question: Would something like a My First Bananagrams set work as a base for creating a moveable alphabet? (Obviously, removing the combination tiles like "ch" and "ee"). I feel like the main drawback MIGHT be that the tiles come in multiple colors; all vowels are still the same color, but they made some letters, like b, d, p, and q all different colors). However, it seems like a decent option for someone who might not feel up to making a DIY or doesn't necessarily want to spend a ton of money on official set. I do like the idea that you can start off using the tiles to build on letter recognition, transition to building words, and THEN even take it a step further by focusing on more complex words (with vowel combinations and digraphs) or even progressing to playing Bananagrams (which is basically Scrabble without a board). Or what about simple magnetic letter magnets? Is having one color for consonants and one for vowels crucial? [Side note: I DID find a $10 set of alphabet magnets on Amazon where all of the vowels are red and consonants are in blue]. And I'd love to learn how you'd approach letters and spelling when it comes to something like a child's name. Obviously, a name like "Ben" is easy because it follows the basic phonetic sounds that you'd be teaching the kids. A name like Mia, however, is different. Even when teaching the long vowel sounds (another thing I'd LOVE to learn more about- how to introduce other letter sounds like hard consonants (c and g) and long vowels), the letter i says "ih" or "I". Obviously, for most words, learning those exceptions takes time, but do you take the same approach with something like names and let the child learn to spell their names phonetically first?
This completely makes sense when you are writing a word you don't know you are not thinking about the letters but the sound in your head. I will only have to do my research in my own language because unfortunately we have many letters that don't have a sound on their own so that might be tricky.
My barely 3 year old has known all the sounds for over a year and can read so many words, but he still wouldn't hesitate to just dump these letters all over the place in a heartbeat 😂
In Czech we have only few short words.. these words in this video for example: cat=kočka, hat=čepice, pot=nočník, pen=propiska, can=plechovka, ant=mravenec... 😄
My son is ready for moveable alphabets. So does me getting myself ready how to present just by watching your videos, where i always go to learn about Montessori. Thanks..
So, they learn the short sounds of the letters first and later the long sounds of each letter? Or do you do a catch-all of the long sounds as they come along while finding words, say with As, that are not with short sounds? It's good that there are versions with both cursive and print forms of upper case and lower case letters. I guess the movable alphabet is really a more intensive manual printing press. There's just no actual press action after the placement occurs. LOL. Good to have an overview of when to hold back/watch and when to participate.
My daughter is almost two years, since she was one she was interested in knowing what the letters are so i've been telling her the sounds instead of the names of the letters, now she knows the difference between all of them including upper and lower cases, (BUT she only says half of them) I hope that this won't affect learning them later when it's time
Hi Ashley, thank you for this video and well done to you for home schooling Kylie even though it wasn't your plan. Given that we are one the subject of literacy, I was wondering if you planned to do a video about how to teach your child to write his/her name. It is often expected before the start of school (at 4 in the UK) but my 3yo daughter's name starts with a blended two-letter sound, as you have mentioned them in this video, so it might be tricky for her to learn at the start. I am sure a moveable alphabet would be handy for this activity, rather than just learning a pattern on top of her head, without knowing which letter, or two letters make which sound. Hope to see you again soon x
@@candyluna2929 we follow a 90/10 model at school. Math in english due to an easier transition with the foundations vs other subject. As someone who didn't earn English until I was 8, I'm not worried about my child learning English early on (she naturally will but I won't teach it).
Interesting how different it is for different languages. In German all the nouns start with a capital letter so capital letters are much more important here and so is cursive! There are some schools that don't even teach print letters, they go straight to cursive. Also this method (reading through writing/ phonetic) failed at German schools and the traditional way of learning to read and write was deemed better.
How does Montessori look like for t3aching your child different language. Specially those languages that is written as it sounds( there is a letter for each sound)
how do you know when to start introducing toys and learning experiences for your children? I know some toys are too challenging for a little baby so do you have any resources that say what toys to introduce based off of age?
Super interested in the Summit. My son is 18 months old, (I'm pretty sure that he and Mia are the same age). Would you recommend getting a ticket to learn more for the future? I'm guessing that the summit is intended for people with older children.
Just looking for recommendations on Montessori curriculums and routine material to follow. Is there a Canadian Montessori curriculum for preschoolers out there?
This is great! I’m wondering How do you homeschool her with another toddler around? Bc I think in Colorado it’s at least four hours a day but maybe preschool is different? Is mia playing on her own mostly to allow that time?
Is the sounds of alphabet or phonic is universal or just for english only? I'm from indonesia by the way. I mean the spelling are different, should i follow this or adjusting to my own sounds of alphabet?
I would also want to know! Want to get one for my oldest son to help with spelling but looking for good quality one that I can also use when my baby is ready
You may want to check your grammar on your closing/parting sentence. For busy parent like you and me is actually correct. Me is the objective pronoun rather than the subjective I. Check your preposition : For a busy parent like me...not the busy parent like I. Make sense? I can still hear my grandmother scolding me right now for such a simple error lol, bless her soul. Just thought I would point it out :) Have a great day Ashley
I am/was a teacher who uses sounds vs names but had children come knowing some names. First tip never add the uh to the end off a sound. Like b is /b/ not buh. Because when sounding out words it is not buhaluhluh for ball. You might have just written it that way but if not there’s a tip and if it’s not for you it’s for someone reading it. To answer your actual question: respect their response no matter what it is. If they respond Kay! For k, tell them amazing you know the name of this letter let’s work on the sound /k/. When introducing it tell them I know you know the name of these letter. Like a drum 🥁 has a name, so we are going to work on the sounds of the letters. *hold up o* This is the /o/.
hello i'm from i indonesia my name is vreya can i "re-run" your content / video about montessori or download about this video and put it on my youtube channel please 🙏?
I was just wondering if you guys were planning on expanding your family? Maybe girl number 3 or a surprise boy? Either way! 3 girls! Or a baby boy! It's all good! Do it! 😀👍
I don't like these kind of comments. Telling someone to have a child just because you think it would be nice? I don't want to be rude, but people should think twice before writing these comments...maybe they tried and didn't worked out for them. She already had a miscarriage, and even if it was not the case I think that is just not nice to put pressure or expectations on others. Maybe they are just fine with two. Maybe not. Is not our business either way.
@@Puffolina15 I suppose you're right, I was just thinking how nice it would be as more children are always better but if you already have at least one an inability to have more or want more shouldn't cause any heartbreak I'd think. Anyway thanks for pointing that out! 🙂👍
I am currently in college studying to become an elementary teacher and I’m currently taking a foundations of literacy class. The Montessori approach to the alphabet really interests me, I think I’ll bring it up in one of our next discussions!
I’m taking a Montessori literacy course right now. You should, Samera!
PS thank you for inspiring me to start on my Montessori journey, Ashley! Really!!
Hi Ashley! I don’t have any kids yet, but I can’t wait to start a family of my own and raise them in a Montessori way. Thank you so much for making these “Montessori at Home” videos as I think they’re the most clear and informative out of all the others on TH-cam! Your tone is so warm and gentle which really makes these videos a joy to watch. I also love to watch Kylie and Mia grow in your family vlogs - they’re getting so big so fast! Your channel really brightens my day. I hope I can be as great of a mom as you are when I’m finally ready
I was just looking in you tube video last night about this topic. And voila when i wake up. Yes! Thank you Ashley
You always give me the best ideas! I'm raising my child bilingually (English and German) and for starting with the alphabet that's the best idea ever! I'll definitely look into the letters once baby gets to this age! Thank you for all you commitment and inspiration!
I'm doing the same. My child is learning English and Hawaiian. I've been working on adapting the Montessori method for Hawaiian.
Thank you Ashley! ALL your videos have been so very helpful!
🙌 I'M EXCITED! It will be easy to introduce it in an excited way because I am genuinely excited myself! 🙌
You have shaped the way I parent my son. I have an almost 9 month old little boy and I try to implement as much Montessori as I can. He even picks between shirts he wants to wear!
Absolutely LOVE your channel! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. You've helped me so much in teaching and developing my daughter.
This Montessori approach to the alphabet is the one thing that really stumps me! It definitely makes sense from a child’s perspective, but as an adult it seems a bit tricky.
When teaching the letters as their sound, are you supposed to commit to either the long or short sound of the vowels? If so, how do you help your child grapple with the fact that what they thought was “ah” also has another noise?
I’m also excited to see how you transition to the names of the letters as Kylie grows up 😊
Following!
You should commit to the short vowel sounds as are in the following words:
Cat
Pen
Pig
Dog
Mug
I sometimes get confused with the alphabet sound. Am i the only one? 😅 Hope you can make tutorials about the alphabet sound too so that we adults who get confused with it can learn and not teach our kids wrong.
There are phonics apps you can download that can help with this!
Your eyes look AMAZING in that green shirt!! 😁😁
I had a trial nanny job last week watching a 3 and 1 year old. At the start of the job, the 3 year old was helping dad make toast in the new toaster. The child pushed the correct button and pushed down the lever and I pointed out that the light was next to the word "Toast." Of course, dad immediately transitioned into "T is for toast. T for toaster. T for train...." I took a different approach and put the emphasis on the phonics: "T-t-toast. T-t-train" to highlight that those words started with the same SOUND. [And fyi- I know of a video that sings the classic Alphabet Song both phonetically AND the traditional way- along with the ASL manual alphabet. I haven't QUITE gotten used to singing it phonetically myself, but that's one of my goals].
I LOVE the idea of focusing on lowercase letters. It makes a LOT of sense, but it's interesting because that's the OPPOSITE of what a LOT of people suggest. (Though, a lot of elementary school teachers say that preschoolers should learn proper case when learning to write their names because a lot of children have a hard time breaking the habit of writing their name in all capital letters).
Question: Would something like a My First Bananagrams set work as a base for creating a moveable alphabet? (Obviously, removing the combination tiles like "ch" and "ee"). I feel like the main drawback MIGHT be that the tiles come in multiple colors; all vowels are still the same color, but they made some letters, like b, d, p, and q all different colors). However, it seems like a decent option for someone who might not feel up to making a DIY or doesn't necessarily want to spend a ton of money on official set. I do like the idea that you can start off using the tiles to build on letter recognition, transition to building words, and THEN even take it a step further by focusing on more complex words (with vowel combinations and digraphs) or even progressing to playing Bananagrams (which is basically Scrabble without a board).
Or what about simple magnetic letter magnets? Is having one color for consonants and one for vowels crucial? [Side note: I DID find a $10 set of alphabet magnets on Amazon where all of the vowels are red and consonants are in blue].
And I'd love to learn how you'd approach letters and spelling when it comes to something like a child's name. Obviously, a name like "Ben" is easy because it follows the basic phonetic sounds that you'd be teaching the kids. A name like Mia, however, is different. Even when teaching the long vowel sounds (another thing I'd LOVE to learn more about- how to introduce other letter sounds like hard consonants (c and g) and long vowels), the letter i says "ih" or "I". Obviously, for most words, learning those exceptions takes time, but do you take the same approach with something like names and let the child learn to spell their names phonetically first?
I want to start my Montessori schooling after seeing this video😭. It's so informative👍
This completely makes sense when you are writing a word you don't know you are not thinking about the letters but the sound in your head. I will only have to do my research in my own language because unfortunately we have many letters that don't have a sound on their own so that might be tricky.
As always, Ashley, your info is gold... ❤️
mine is 2yrs and 7mos.. can read her cvc cards now few of them.. watching from phil..i always follow ur vids. thank u
Thanks for another wonderful video. So excited to see you almost hitting 200k 🤗🤗
My barely 3 year old has known all the sounds for over a year and can read so many words, but he still wouldn't hesitate to just dump these letters all over the place in a heartbeat 😂
Almost 200k yay congratulations! Great content!
In Czech we have only few short words.. these words in this video for example: cat=kočka, hat=čepice, pot=nočník, pen=propiska, can=plechovka, ant=mravenec... 😄
This was one of the materials that really drew me into Montessori
If you introduce by sound, how do you differentiate between c and k?
I don't , infact I introduced them as one sound at the same time
yes, later on when kids have to learn how to spell, they use "curly C" or "kicking k" to differentiate.
@@celinecathz2280 ...and CK at the end of a word
I can’t wait until my son is ready for this! Excellent video, Ashley! Thank you!
I totally accidently taught my son the sound first 😂 but he's grasping language SO insane at just 2 years.
Hi Ashley, thank you for this informative videos.. Can you please make a video on the learning series (like: pink, blue, green...etc)
My son is ready for moveable alphabets. So does me getting myself ready how to present just by watching your videos, where i always go to learn about Montessori. Thanks..
So, they learn the short sounds of the letters first and later the long sounds of each letter? Or do you do a catch-all of the long sounds as they come along while finding words, say with As, that are not with short sounds? It's good that there are versions with both cursive and print forms of upper case and lower case letters. I guess the movable alphabet is really a more intensive manual printing press. There's just no actual press action after the placement occurs. LOL. Good to have an overview of when to hold back/watch and when to participate.
Great video!! Greetings from Spain!!!❤️
My daughter is almost two years, since she was one she was interested in knowing what the letters are so i've been telling her the sounds instead of the names of the letters, now she knows the difference between all of them including upper and lower cases, (BUT she only says half of them)
I hope that this won't affect learning them later when it's time
It will be ok. Even in a school setting if they are asking what a B is the teacher will say /b/.
Hi Ashley, thank you for this video and well done to you for home schooling Kylie even though it wasn't your plan. Given that we are one the subject of literacy, I was wondering if you planned to do a video about how to teach your child to write his/her name. It is often expected before the start of school (at 4 in the UK) but my 3yo daughter's name starts with a blended two-letter sound, as you have mentioned them in this video, so it might be tricky for her to learn at the start. I am sure a moveable alphabet would be handy for this activity, rather than just learning a pattern on top of her head, without knowing which letter, or two letters make which sound. Hope to see you again soon x
when will be the best age to introduce the Movable Alphabet and Phonics?
I saved my granddaughters' first grocery list for me 😊
Happy Mother's Day
Thanks for sharing! Love the video. Is Mike going to make letter like this?
Thank you for this information. It is very helpful.
Great video!! Would you correct their own name at any point? My sons name would be tricky for him to get correct on his own
If you have a bilingual house, do you take a specific day for each language?
@@tweedledee450 but in terms of teaching them to read
@@candyluna2929 we follow a 90/10 model at school. Math in english due to an easier transition with the foundations vs other subject. As someone who didn't earn English until I was 8, I'm not worried about my child learning English early on (she naturally will but I won't teach it).
I was waiting for this. 😆
Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Where did you get the self correcting picture cards seen in some of your videos?
Interesting how different it is for different languages. In German all the nouns start with a capital letter so capital letters are much more important here and so is cursive! There are some schools that don't even teach print letters, they go straight to cursive.
Also this method (reading through writing/ phonetic) failed at German schools and the traditional way of learning to read and write was deemed better.
How does Montessori look like for t3aching your child different language. Specially those languages that is written as it sounds( there is a letter for each sound)
how do you know when to start introducing toys and learning experiences for your children? I know some toys are too challenging for a little baby so do you have any resources that say what toys to introduce based off of age?
Hi Ashley! I'm trying to find those little toys for this activity!
Super interested in the Summit. My son is 18 months old, (I'm pretty sure that he and Mia are the same age). Would you recommend getting a ticket to learn more for the future? I'm guessing that the summit is intended for people with older children.
Just looking for recommendations on Montessori curriculums and routine material to follow. Is there a Canadian Montessori curriculum for preschoolers out there?
This is great! I’m wondering How do you homeschool her with another toddler around? Bc I think in Colorado it’s at least four hours a day but maybe preschool is different? Is mia playing on her own mostly to allow that time?
Is the sounds of alphabet or phonic is universal or just for english only? I'm from indonesia by the way. I mean the spelling are different, should i follow this or adjusting to my own sounds of alphabet?
I personally think you most certainly can tailor it to your language. Especially if they're the same letters but different sounds.
Hi. When do we introduce sand paper letters. Like what is the appropriate age ? Can I introduce at 18 months ?
No I think she said on a previous video not to introduce sandpaper letters until at least 2.5yrs
Hi. Will this work for families that don't use English as their first language.
So where did you purchase the moveable alphabet from? How is the quality?
I would also want to know! Want to get one for my oldest son to help with spelling but looking for good quality one that I can also use when my baby is ready
Nice activity...really excited for the summit...when exactly in october is it?
Oct 5-9
Where do you get the small figures from? Like the flowers, birds, animals, and now the super tiny ones in the video.. Is it a specific brand?
I’ll add a link to the description box, totally forgot and I’m sure a few others are wondering, too!
Can a grandparent attend?
You may want to check your grammar on your closing/parting sentence. For busy parent like you and me is actually correct. Me is the objective pronoun rather than the subjective I. Check your preposition : For a busy parent like me...not the busy parent like I. Make sense? I can still hear my grandmother scolding me right now for such a simple error lol, bless her soul. Just thought I would point it out :) Have a great day Ashley
where did you get this?
In Montessori, what age is this typically used for?
When the child is ready could be from 2 years to 4 years I think. Maybe even as old as 5 if the child isn't interested and ready.
Disappointed there's no demo of the letters pictured
What do you do if your child already knows the proper names for the letters? My boy already knows C as "see" not "kuh", if that makes sense?
I am/was a teacher who uses sounds vs names but had children come knowing some names. First tip never add the uh to the end off a sound. Like b is /b/ not buh. Because when sounding out words it is not buhaluhluh for ball. You might have just written it that way but if not there’s a tip and if it’s not for you it’s for someone reading it.
To answer your actual question: respect their response no matter what it is. If they respond Kay! For k, tell them amazing you know the name of this letter let’s work on the sound /k/. When introducing it tell them I know you know the name of these letter. Like a drum 🥁 has a name, so we are going to work on the sounds of the letters. *hold up o* This is the /o/.
@@KittyBeeViolinT I like the way you worded that - you know the name, now we'll learn the sound 👌 Thank you! x
hello i'm from i indonesia my name is vreya can i "re-run" your content / video about montessori or download about this video and put it on my youtube channel please 🙏?
Kids at Home Learning With Miss. Eya you should just link to it or make your own video about the topic so more resources are created.
@@unicornitron ok
I was just wondering if you guys were planning on expanding your family? Maybe girl number 3 or a surprise boy? Either way! 3 girls! Or a baby boy! It's all good! Do it! 😀👍
I don't like these kind of comments. Telling someone to have a child just because you think it would be nice? I don't want to be rude, but people should think twice before writing these comments...maybe they tried and didn't worked out for them. She already had a miscarriage, and even if it was not the case I think that is just not nice to put pressure or expectations on others. Maybe they are just fine with two. Maybe not. Is not our business either way.
@@Puffolina15 I suppose you're right, I was just thinking how nice it would be as more children are always better but if you already have at least one an inability to have more or want more shouldn't cause any heartbreak I'd think. Anyway thanks for pointing that out! 🙂👍
You talk to fast! Stop stop and slow down. I got tired of heart your long video.
No thank you.
Brah I thought HAPA was Hawaiian and asian or white. Not white and Asian 😂