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AndieF
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I have several three part card/nomenclature sets, most of which I ordered from Montessori for Everyone (Thanks Lori!) For those of you that use them regularly, I have a question. How do you use them? I mean, beyond the obvious way. I find that most of the preschoolers aren't that interested in picking the cards - and then my nine year old whips through them quickly, and only uses them when I make them part of her daily assignment sheet.
I want to make them more useful to the preschoolers, but particularly to my nine year old.
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For my older children I use them as 2 part cards....what sets are you talking about? I think if I knew which sets I could maybe help you a little better.
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Hi, Andie! You're welcome!
Keep in mind that there are two different kinds of 3-part cards: in preschool (3-6), you use a picture card, a label (the name), and a control card with the picture/label together.
In elementary, you use them differently. The child is given the picture card, the label card, and the definition card. This is harder, obviously, than the preschool version. You can make the control cards into a little booklet to give them when they've finished, so they can check their work.
And yes, I do make 2 sets of each nomenclature card set to use with my kids: a preschool version for my daughter, and an elementary version for my son.
I'm not sure why your preschooler doesn't like the cards; most kids that age really enjoy them. But, it is all in how you present them. In traditional Montessori, the child is always shown a "real" item for whatever the cards are about.
For instance, before doing parts of a fruit you would cut open an apple with them and look at it (and eat it!) Before doing Parts of the Mammal, you would look at a mammal (most homes have a dog, cat, rabbit, or other mammalian pet).
That way, the cards are an extension of real life, not just flat and dull. If you don't have access to a certain item, you can do things like visit a pet store, or find books (or use the internet) to find color pictures of the animal or plant you're studying.
Your attitude about the cards determines how your child views them. If you are super excited about the presentation, they will be too.
A 9-year old might be getting a little old for 3-part cards; they've probably done all the vertebrates and basic plant parts already. They are often ready for "types" rather than parts: types of leaf species, types of reptiles, types of weather, types of flowers, types of advanced land & water forms.
If these cards don't have definitions, as many of the "types" don't, they would end up being 2-part cards: a picture and a label. Those are pretty challenging for even 9-year olds, especially if they don't have a control card. They can use reference books for help if needed.
Hope that helps!
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Ditto what Lori said.
For my older son, the cards that tend to catch his interest are the taxonomy (nomenclature)cards I made(ie classes of echinoderms, etc. with definitions), world landmark cards that he has to identify and sort by continent, country, etc, and upper level "types" cards that Lori mentioned (leaf shapes, leaf margins, cloud types, etc).
I am thinking about making a set of flower family cards for him, with several examples of flowers from a dozen or so families for him to sort, along with the characteristics (identifying features) of each family.It's just a matter of finding the time, as usual.
Your daughter may enjoy the "Who am I?" type cards in which a clue is given about a type of bird or plant, etc (ex: "I am a small blue bird with a red breast and a thin,raspy voice. I live in open fields and like to nest in hollow trees or in man-made boxes on top of a fence post. Who am I?") and she has to guess the correct bird, etc. These are pretty easy to make up using field guides.
You could also spice up your simpler cards by replacing the common names with the scientific names and she has to match those to the picture. It can be a little more challenging that way.
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