Articles written by Carolyn Marie Choo

Children who can grade colours using the Montessori Colour Box 3 tablets can further practice this skill even in practical life activities.

Oct 31, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

Young children need many activities to help them be more aware of colour values and intensities, which prepares them for colour grading.

Oct 31, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

A host of activities from across the curriculum can be planned in the Montessori preschool classroom to introduce and engage the young child with the funnel.

Oct 30, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

Making a paper lantern can lead the Montessori preschooler to an appreciation of world cultures through activities on different lanterns and their festivals.

Sep 27, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

The young child who has been introduced to folding can find many opportunities to apply the newly learnt skill in the Montessori Sensorial activities.

Sep 23, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

The Montessori preschool classroom for 3 to 6 year olds offers plenty of opportunities for younger and older members to engage in collaborative teaching and learning.

Sep 14, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

Young children, with their propensity to learn by example, will find plenty to see and follow in their Montessori mixed age classroom for 3 to 6 year olds.

Sep 2, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

A mixed age preschool classroom is a rich learning environment that offers time and support for young learners, respecting differences in their learning styles and paces.

Sep 1, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

A series of carefully graded exercises can be planned in the early years classroom to help children master the pouring skill and appreciate it as an important life skill.

Jul 29, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

A nursery rhyme like Humpty Dumpty can be easily extended in the early years classroom to a range of drama activities that invite creative expressions from a young child.

Jul 27, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

Humpty Dumpty lends itself to a host of physical activities that can encourage the young child to create movements, both gross and fine, in response to the rhyme.

Jul 19, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

Young children in the Montessori early years classroom have a range of carefully graded activities that take them from one level of pouring to the next.

Jul 10, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

Pouring is an important life skill. Carefully prepared materials and a clear demonstration of the pouring skill help the young child to learn how to pour.

Jul 6, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

Cleaning up activities at home are not only fun for the young child. They are also excellent opportunities to develop green cleaning habits for life.

Jun 29, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

The young child who has learnt the basics of folding can help out in a host of meaningful activities at home.

May 27, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

After the young child is introduced to the basics of reading, fun activities involving word cards and corresponding objects are designed to encourage further reading.

Apr 29, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

The child's first lesson in word reading takes into account what the child enjoys and builds on what the child knows.

Apr 28, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

Strong verbal skills lead to reading success. Parents and caregivers can encourage oral proficiency by listening and responding to young children when they talk.

Apr 21, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

A child who has learnt how to make the first fold will need further folding activities to practise this skill.

Apr 18, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

With the right material, a clear demonstration of what is involved and opportunities to practice the skill, the young child will learn how to fold.

Apr 15, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

There is a recognised link between oral language and reading, and parents play an important role in helping children to talk in order to achieve reading success later on.

Apr 12, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

The child must have the muscular maturity to hold and manage the writing instrument. Here are some ways in which the child's hand can get ready for handwriting.

Mar 4, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

Writing requires the motor ability to manage the writing instrument. This article discusses why pencil control is critical in the early years.

Feb 25, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo

While young children encounter geometric forms everywhere, there is still a need to make them conscious of their presence, their geometric properties and relationships.

Feb 8, 2009 - Carolyn Marie Choo