“Can you put the yellow warbler on my nose?” I said to Annie as we did the 3-period lesson with backyard birds.
She thought that was so silly, and we had so much fun while learning the new vocabulary word, yellow warbler!
The three-period lesson in Montessori is a fantastic method to help young children with vocabulary development. I started using the lesson with my daughter, Annie, when she was two and a half last year.
I often use this lesson with her if we’re learning new and tricky words.
When I was a Montessori teacher, I was amazed at how well this lesson worked. We used it in the classroom for teaching letter sounds, numbers, colors, shapes, and all kinds of new words.
Here, I’ll share how to do the three-period lesson with your child. I’ll also offer some tips and tricks to get the most out of it and how you can increase your child’s vocabulary!
My daughter loves to talk, and she picks up on new words really quickly, even the complicated and long words that I mentioned in passing. I’m so amazed at how fast little kids can learn, and you have some great tips here that I can totally adopt. Thanks for sharing this post!
I love these ideas and can’t wait to start them with my toddlers!
I read books to my daughter all the time. Her vocabulary has gotten so big at just 4!
These are great pointers to help your little ones expand their vocabulary. It’s always a good idea to start with reading.
Very detailed and helpful plan.
as always, amazingly detailed lesson plan and resources.. thank you
Excellent article. I am trying this out. I am having such difficulty keeping my twins focused, and the more I read about Montessori methods, the more I feel inclined to try them on my girls.
Great resources you have here – super thorough and so many ideas for parents with kids at this stage. I especially love the object to picture with the birds. So thoughtful.
This is such a great method, I really like the use of moving your body and doing an action to remember the word, I’ll be using it on my little one to increase his vocabulary. Thank you for sharing!
This is such a great teaching tool to add to my toolbox! I plan to homeschool my son and love this idea for teaching new vocabulary!
Thanks for all the examples and printables. Kids are sponges, they learn fast.
This is a great idea. I’ll try it with my 19 month old since she’s so verbal already and always trying to learn new words. Thanks for the tips!
Hi Aydela! That’s so wonderful. I’m so glad you’re going to try the 3-period lesson with your 19-month-old to learn new vocabulary words!
What a simple way to teach new vocabulary. Great ideas! Thanks for sharing.