Montessori Education Center of the Rockies – Early Childhood
Ross
Function of Words
Verb
Materials:
1. Objects from the farm
2. Slips of paper
3. Lead pencil
4. Red pencil
5. Grammar symbols for verb (large red circle), noun and article
6. Prepared labels for each object with a verb (the cat sleeps)
Preparation:
Previous Function of Word presentations for Noun and Article
Age:
4 ½ years (could be done with a younger child orally)
Direct Aim:
To introduce the child to the written verb – action/doing word.
Indirect Aim:
To develop the child’s awareness that words have special tasks.
Presentation I: “The Action Game” – with Symbol
Presentation II: The Farm – with Sentences
Vocabulary:
The phrase “action/doing word”
Points of Interest:
1. Acting out and guessing the action
2. Reading the slip of paper and then adding the verb
3. Thinking of other action words for the same object
Control of Error:
None
Verb
Extensions:
1. Introduce prepared labels for the child to do independently.
2. Child makes a list of action words.
3. Introduce action words with actions that may not be visible to others (dream,
think, wonder).