Dissecting the Fruit Material Description: Large variety of fruits with seeds and where possible remainder of the parts, stems, calyxes and stigma; some succulent ones, grapes, tomato, pineapple, grapefruit, cucumber and plums and some dried fruits, walnuts, almonds, chestnuts, fruit of trees like the ash. Chopping board and a fruit knife. Method: Oral Introduction …
The Seed
Material Description: Examples of monocotyledons and dicotyledonous seeds (corn, kidney beans), and spouted examples and dishes, chopping board, tissue paper, needle for pointing. Method: Oral Introduction Say, ‘Remember when we cut open the fruit, what did we find inside (seeds) the seed is going to be the new plant, so the mother plant …
Introduction to Parts of Speech
We consider nine parts of speech; noun family article adjective noun verb family Adverb verb joining words prepositions conjunctions The interjection or exclamation The pronoun In Casa the symbols are given to show the patterns in language, the words change but the patterns of the function remain the same. The symbols are …
Word Study, suffixes, prefixes and compound words and word families
Introduction This work meets the needs of the child in this plane, it is based on the natural development of children and language. Word study includes: Analysing the structure of words Analysing aspects of words which are not available to children’s senses Classifying words according to their structure Exploring the relationship between words …
The Story of the Naming Word – the noun
Story of the Naming Word Material Description: Black pyramid symbol, bible, telephone directory Method: This story is given to a small group of children, it can be told with drama. ‘Remember that we said it was so useful when the human being named the things around them in their environment. It was as though they …
The Study of the Article
First Presentation – The Study of the Article Material Description: Article Grammar Box II Noun and Article grammar box, filler box IIA, with long cards ‘a tree’ and one copy of the three articles, ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ symbol box. Method: Oral Introduction An exercise for two children, bring the symbol box. Begin with …
The Study of the Adjective
Presenting the Study of the Adjective Material Description: Adjective Grammar Box, filler Box IIIA, Box of Grammar Symbols, Noun family chart Access to the farm Adjective filler box contents: IIIA: colours, IIIB: Dimension and number The first two presentations can be done with any of the short chains form the bead cabinet and corresponding tickets. …
The Verb
Introduction The children will have completed a great deal of work with the noun family and will be familiar with the noun box, symbols and impressionistic chart. They will have the impression of the noun as a very solid, stable part of speech.and that the noun is not easily used. The red ball which is …
Adverb
Material Description: Symbol for the adverb, smaller orange circle and other symbols, grammar box 6 and filler box 6a. Method: Oral Introduction Ask the child to perform a verb and then modify the action with the adverb, for instance ask both children to ‘walk…quickly..slowly’ and then comment on other differences in the way they walked. …
Conjunction
Material Description: Symbol for the conjunction, pink line and other symbols, grammar box 8 and filler box 8a. Method: No oral introduction Activity In the same way as the verb, here one example has no conjunction, but has two sentences, the other example is joined by a conjunction. For example, ‘Do not …