Montessori Fine Motor Skills and Geometric Understanding

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What is the purpose of using the metal insets and filling them in with straight lines?

To create abstract designs for artistic expression

To promote sensory development and tactile sensitivity

To teach children how to write letters and numbers

To develop fine motor skills and advance understanding of geometric planes (correct)

What is the moveable alphabet made of?

Cardboard with letters cut out and mounted on it (correct)

Magnetic letters that can be rearranged

Plastic letters with different textures

Wooden blocks with embossed letters

What is the significance of the three periods in the method for the acquisition of written language, according to Montessori?

Preparing muscular movements, manipulation of the instrument of writing, and composition of words separately (correct)

Enhancing fine motor skills, sensory perception, and artistic expression

Introducing reading, writing, and speaking simultaneously

Developing auditory discrimination, tactile sensitivity, and visual acuity

What does Montessori recommend if a child hesitates in writing after mastering the materials?

Repeating the tracing of the sandpaper letters Signup and view all the answers

According to Montessori, what evolves as the child acquires more facility with language?

The dictorium Signup and view all the answers

What quality must the Montessori material exhibit for use in the classroom?

Contain a built-in control of error Signup and view all the answers

What prepares a child for the mechanical writing lessons in the Montessori method?

Practical life and sensorial exercises Signup and view all the answers

What type of language environment does the Montessori classroom offer?

Language-rich environment Signup and view all the answers

According to Montessori, when does direct study of grammar begin?

Once the child has learned to read and write Signup and view all the answers

What is the first step in elementary grammar work according to Montessori?

Analyzing parts of speech Signup and view all the answers

Why did Montessori believe cursive writing was easier for children to reproduce?

It required fewer pen movements Signup and view all the answers

What prepared students in the Children’s House to acquire writing skills according to Montessori?

Sensorial materials, particularly the metal insets Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, what is the process of language acquisition in a Montessori classroom?

Subconscious and mechanical Signup and view all the answers

What is Montessori's view regarding the understanding of language acquisition?

It is an innate mechanism that develops subconsciously Signup and view all the answers

According to nativists, why are children able to acquire language at a young age?

Because they have an innate ability hard-wired in their brain Signup and view all the answers

What is Universal Grammar (UG) according to the text?

The grammar of human language, containing universal principles Signup and view all the answers

What method has become popular among Montessori educators, particularly in helping students with dyslexia?

Orton-Gillingham Approach Signup and view all the answers

According to Montessori, what should guides do to help children with their speech imperfections?

Respect the cultural identity of children's speech Signup and view all the answers

What is 'bloesitas' according to Montessori?

Normal defects of child language due to immature functioning of the articulatory organs Signup and view all the answers

What is the initial focus of grammar study in the Montessori method?

Nouns (names of things) Signup and view all the answers

The acquisition of language takes place in the deepest layer of the sub-conscious of the child, according to Montessori, and it is there that it develops and fixes itself as a permanent ______.

acquisition Signup and view all the answers

Nativists claim that children are born with an innate ability to acquire language because they do have language ______.

innately Signup and view all the answers

The Universal Grammar [UG] is the grammar of the human language, that is, the universal principles of organizing all ______.

languages Signup and view all the answers

UG is hard-wired in the brain, which contains a language acquisition device [LAD]. This is the reason children can accomplish cognitively a very challenging task of language acquisition even though they are still unable to do some ______, cognitively less demanding things.

simpler Signup and view all the answers

Montessori prepares little cards made from ordinary writing-paper with well-known ____ written in large clear script.

word Signup and view all the answers

The Orton-Gillingham Approach has become popular among Montessori educators, particularly in helping students with ____.

dyslexia Signup and view all the answers

Montessori calls speech imperfections arising from immaturity ____.

bloesitas Signup and view all the answers

Grammar study in the Montessori method begins with indirect ____.

preparation Signup and view all the answers

The directress presents to the child two of the cards upon which ______ are mounted

vowels Signup and view all the answers

The letters are cut in clear script form, the shaded parts being made broader. We have chosen to reproduce the ______ script in use in the elementary schools.

vertical Signup and view all the answers

The child analyses, perfects, fixes his own spoken language,–placing an object in correspondence to every sound which he utters. The composition of the word furnishes him with substantial proof of the necessity for clear and forceful ______.

enunciation Signup and view all the answers

The significance of such a method is clear. The psycho-physiological acts which unite to establish reading and writing are prepared separately and carefully. The muscular movements peculiar to the making of the signs or letters are prepared apart, and the same is true of the manipulation of the instrument of writing. The composition of the words, also, is reduced to a psychic mechanism of association between images heard and ______.

seen Signup and view all the answers

According to Montessori, the child's development of language involves the relationship between the psychic centers for receptive and expressive language and the ________ and physiological components necessary for communication.

senses Signup and view all the answers

In the Montessori classroom, the guides present lessons orally and read to students, introducing them to new ________.

vocabulary Signup and view all the answers

The Montessori material must exhibit seven qualities for use in the classroom: it must aid in the development of the child, be limited in quantity, lend itself to action, isolate one quality, progress from simple to complex and concrete to abstract, contain a built-in control of error, and be ________ gratifying.

esthetically Signup and view all the answers

Preparation for the mechanical writing lessons in the Montessori method begins with practical life and sensorial exercises that help the child develop a capable ________ grip.

pincer Signup and view all the answers

Montessori believed that the child absorbs all of these ideas from speech so that by the time they are ready to think about them more abstractly, they are equipped with so many repetitions and examples that the work is almost ______.

effortless Signup and view all the answers

Montessori states that the child who draws a letter using sandpaper materials and hears its sound engages more entirely in the activity because the connection of the sound to the brain comes through multiple sensory ______.

pathways Signup and view all the answers

Montessori observed that reproducing cursive letters is easier for the child. 'The first steps should be the easiest, and the up and down stroke, is, on the contrary, one of the most difficult of all the pen movements. Only a professional penman could fill a whole page and preserve the regularity of such strokes, but a person who writes only moderately well would be able to complete a page of presentable ______.'

writing Signup and view all the answers

Montessori also explains that the sensorial materials, particularly the metal insets, have prepared students in the Children’s House to acquire ______ skills.