Appendix A:I. Montessori References:Montessori Answers http://www.montessorianswers.com/index.html
What Are The Real Benefits of Sending a Child to Montessori?
Monday, 27 October 2008 16:30 | Written by Tim Seldin
http://www.montessori.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=311:what-are-the-real-benefits-of-sending-a-child-to-montessori&catid=16:articles-introducing-montessori-education&Itemid=38
http://www.montessori.edu/
http://www.michaelolaf.net/1CW312MI.html
http://www.montessoriforeveryone.com/The-Five-Great-Lessons_ep_66-1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Montessori
Books (Amazon can look inside):
http://www.amazon.com/Montessori-Science-Angeline-Stoll-Lillard/dp/019536936X/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268666045&sr=8-6
http://www.amazon.com/Absorbent-Mind-Maria-Montessori/dp/1607960931/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1299113498&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/075662505X/ref=pd_luc_mri?_encoding=UTF8&m=A2I6JJWD4XO9HN&v=glance
II. Other References:1) Brain Myelination in Development
http://cogweb.ucla.edu/CogSci/Myelinate.html
2) Discipline
Dr. Marshall Rosenberg. Non-Violent Communication. www.cnvc.org
Dr. Becky A Bailey. Conscious Discipline. 2000. Loving Guidance: Oveido, FL. www.beckybaily.com
Dr. Phelan 123 Magic
3) Kinesthetic Learning
http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Ed_Keep_Your_Eye_Ball/
4) Mathematics
Baratta-Lorton, Mary. Mathematics Their Way. 1995. Addison-Wesley: Menlo Park, CA.
McMillan, Bruce. Eating Fractions.1991.Scholastic: NY, NY.
5) Music
Greg and Steve. We All Live Together, Vol. 2. 1978. Youngheart Records: Cypress, CA.
30 Preschool Songs. 2008. Twin Sisters IP, LLC: Canada. (lyrics online)
6) Phonemes and Phonics
Spalding, Ramalda Bishop. The Writing Road to Reading. 1990. William Morrow: NY, NY.
G. Bradshaw, I. Clark, & C. Wrighton. A Zoo-phonics Instruction Manual. 1998. Zoophonics: Groveland, CA.
Culbreath, M. & Marshak, S. The Phonics Game. 1996. A Better Way of Learning: Costa Mesa, CA.
7) Preschool Curriculum
B. Kingore & G. Higbee. We Care.1988. Scott Foresman: Glenview, IL.
Montessori Method
http://www.a-childs-place.com/montessorimethodhistory.html
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/montessori/method/method.html
8) Reading and Developmentally Appropriate Practice
http://www.naeyc.org/about/positions/pdf/PSREAD98.PDF#xml=http://naeychq.naeyc.org/texis/search/pdfhi.txt?query=developmentally+appropriate+practice&pr=naeyc&prox=sentence&rorder=750&rprox=500&rdfreq=1000&rwfreq=1000&rlead=1000&sufs=2&order=r&cq=&id=4522568c8
9) Sight Words
Wagstaff, J. 1999. Word walls. 1999. Scholastic: NY.
10) Vocabulary
http://www.paec.org/itrk3/files/pdfs/readingPdfs/coreVoc.pdf
Project GLAD: http://www.projectglad.com/
11) Zone of Proximal Development
Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Mind and society: The development of higher psychological processes. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA.
Chaiklin, S. (2003) The Zone of Proximal Development in Vygotsky's Analysis of Learning and Instruction. In Kozulin, A., Gindis, B., Ageyev, V. & Miller, S. (Eds.) Vygotsky's Educational Theory and Practice in Cultural Context. Cambridge University Presents: Cambridge.
http://www.igs.net/~cmorris/zpd.html
Appendix BI. Materials: Use games, NOT worksheets.
(1) Letter Cards: Enlarge, print, cut out, glue on plain index cards, laminate, and use for games:
Go Fish, Matching, Jumping Bean, etc.
A a B b C c D d E e
F f G g H h I i J j
K k L l M m N n O o
P p Q q R r S s T t
U u V v W w X x Y y Z z
(2) CVC Word List: Enlarge, print, glue or hand copy onto blank index cards. Some examples are:
at an it is yet wet dot
cat can sit his bet vet rot
bat man kit pig net met not
sat ran pit wig set pot nut
rat pan bit dig let hot but
mat van fit fig get lot cut
(more may be used)
Use for games of Bingo, list used for white Board Game (change cat into pat, change pat into pit, etc.)
(3) Hundred Chart: Use for calendar: add one stick to Ones Box for each day; when we get to Ten, make a bundle with rubber band and move to Tens Box. Color number of each day (odd or even have different colors).
(4) Number Rug
Dude, Count My Clouds! http://www.furniture-4kids.com/ducomycl.html
Use with song Number Rock, Fly Swatter Game, numbers and colors in Spanish.
(5) Base Ten Math Blocks
http://www.learningthings.com/items.asp?Cc=0113%2DB10&iTpStatus=0&Tp=&Bc=
Use for place value practice games.