Below is a sample of what you will find in The Joyful Child. However, the Michael Olaf catalogues contain 160 pages of text and products so we highly recommend that you order your own paper copy and curl up with it in a peaceful moment instead of spending more time on the computer! To order your copy of The Joyful child see: www.michaelolaf.net/ordering.html
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(CHILD OF THE WORLD products, 3- 12+)
To see the Montessori philosophy and practice page of "Age 3-6+ Language"
go to: www.michaelolaf.net/1CW36language.html
(At left, a child draws in sand, excellent preparation for writing)
2-PART LANGUAGE TRAY
A favorite activity in the study of early language is matching objects
with the pictures of the objects. The adult can draw pictures of buttons,
shells, small kitchen objects, any small objects in the environment, and
the child matches them to the picture. Another activity is matching two
sets of identical pictures—one kept in each side of the 2-part tray.
Later the child can match pictures and labels or pictures and definitions.
This beautiful wood tray is used for all of these language exercises.
There is a handle at each end for a firm grasp. The tray is hand made
of hardwood, and finished to the highest standards. 11.75" x 7."
PE07 $33.00
MICHAEL OLAF VOCABULARY CARDS
Having been unable over the years to find exactly the right reading cards
for the 3-6 classroom, we are beginning to produce our own. We have selected
the three most important topics for the 3-6 class to begin: Kitchen Objects,
Montessori Materials I, and Montessori Materials II.
Two sets of these cards, without labels, can be used for simple matching
of pictures. When the child is ready to read, they are among the very
first reading exercises given to children in the 3-6 class. Order two
sets for making reading cards. Each set contains 22-24 different black
and white pictures, with the name written in lower case letters at the
bottom. They are 4" x 5.5" cardstock.
DL026 Kitchen Objects Cards, Set/24 $4.50
DL680 Montessori Materials Cards I, Set/24 $4.50
DL684 Montessori Materials Cards II, Set/24 $4.50
DL688 Michael Olaf Cards Set/3 $13.00
SANDPAPER LETTERS TEMPLATES
For years we have been asked to help parents and teachers make sandpaper
letters—of the correct size but not as expensive as those usually
used in schools. Since nothing like this exists we have created a set
of cardboard templates with directions for making "sandpaper" letters.
The letters on these templates are exactly the size and style used at the Montessori training center in London—Italics is preferred by many experienced teachers for several reasons (1) it teaches the graceful "flow" of the hand which prepares the child for beautiful handwriting, (2) there is no confusion between letters such as "d" and "p" because the letters are distinct from each other, and (3) Italics, being halfway between print and cursive, prepares the child to read both. The kit consists of twenty-six 8.5" x 11" pieces of white cardstock, each with one printed letters, and instructions for creating sandpaper letters.
DL660 $14.00
Other Products include:
SHAPE TRACERS
SONG CD's
ALPHABET FLOOR PUZZLE
ALPHABET PUZZLE
ALPHABET MAGNETS - LOWER CASE
SAND TRAY
BIOLOGY CURRICULUM FOR 3-6
And books appropriate for this age and subject
Products from: "THE
JOYFUL CHILD"
Michael Olaf's Essential Montessori for Birth to Three, ISBN:
1-879264-09-9
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(CHILD OF THE WORLD products, 3- 12+)
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