Comments on: In What Order Should You Introduce Letters to Your Preschooler?

By: Julia S

Julia S — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 03:11:37 +0000

In reply to Raji.

I have a tool that lets you select all the letters a child knows, and then tells you all the decodable words that can be made with those letters. It’s fun for trying out different orders for introducing letters.
https://phonicsandstuff.com/wordlist

By: Angelica

Angelica — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 04:16:56 +0000

Hi, I love this list thank you. How long do you stay on each set? My daughter is 3. I just started teaching her and I’m trying to shift to the Montessori methods.

By: Raji

Raji — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 10:15:43 +0000

In reply to Rebecca B.

We have kids who knows more letter sounds than what we teach. Yes, you can introduce more than one letter sound a week. We typically introduce three letter sounds at a time using three period lesson, it depends on the child. Once you introduce certain group of letter sounds (you can pick any grouping from the above list) the child can start building words with those letter sounds using Movable Alphabets.

(once built, we don’t ask the child to read back – reading and writing are two different concepts in Montessori. Writing (which is building words) precedes reading in Montessori.

Words that the child can build with those sounds, only three-letter words
If you select this grouping: SMAT, CRIP
MAT
SAT
PAT
RAT
CAT
TAP
MAP
CAP
SIP
SIT
PIT

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By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 23:45:19 +0000

The phonics program we use (not Montessori, but evidence-based) is called The Great Saltmine & Hifwip, because of the order it introduces letters. The first group is s-a-l-t-m-i-n-e, and the second is h-i-f-w-i-p. The logic is similar to what you’ve described above.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 03:26:22 +0000

I will start using this methods with my little ones. I have a small daycare at home ages 1-4 and they love learning ?

By: Rebecca B

Rebecca B — Mon, 23 May 2016 17:36:32 +0000

This is fascinating. My daughter attends an in-house preschool. The teacher there does a letter a week, chronologically. I would like to do activities to learn/practice letters at home with her in one of the Montessori orders suggested above. Would this be confusing or beneficial for her?

By: Ahmed raza

Ahmed raza — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:49:27 +0000

Why we first introduce small letters to students.

By: Lynda

Lynda — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:41:58 +0000

How do you introduce letter sounds for letters (such as a) that have multiple sounds? Do you just start with one sound? If so, which one, and when do you introduce the other sounds? Thanks so much!

By: Amy G

Amy G — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 21:41:50 +0000

Thanks for this info! one question (and hopefully i’m not missing something!) In what order do you display them in the classroom (i.e. when they are stored in the box)? Thanks!