Old MacDonald is in the class!

Creating small environments, like setting out a farm set, is a way for children to explore elements of sentence structure in the Montessori classroom.  During the Montessori work period, the children can arrange the farm scene then use different parts of speech to describe the relationship between the parts of the farm. 

We are focusing on describing the position of the different elements, using positional words or prepositions (behind, in, on, beside). 

The children are also doing a lot of thinking about using appropriate verbs and articles.  For example we use is for singular objects and are for plural objects.  (The calves are in the paddock.  A calf is beside a scrub.)

The farm set will also help us think more about prairie life, which the class is exploring during social studies.