Dynamic Lesson planning that incorporates three ways of learning is more effective in providing Montessori education to all children.
Auditory
We hear others talk and explain, and we learn by making sense of what others say.
Visual
That’s learning by observing. A learner can adopt a behavior or acquire a certain skill by looking at someone who performs the said behavior or skill.
Kinesthetic
It is learning by doing. That means hands-on experience, where a learner has to do something to learn something. This kind of learning involves our hands and senses.
Lesson planning that incorporates three ways of learning is more effective in providing Montessori education to all children in a classroom.
A good Montessori syllabus is developed around three ways of learning. A concept, when explained in a book, incorporates auditory, visual as well as kinesthetic ways of learning.
Lesson Planning for Auditory learners
Let’s take Phonics as an example. When introducing a beginning sound, the book should have a story around the words starting with the targeted beginning sound. The beginning sound ‘a’ can be introduced through a story around ant, apple, ambulance, alligator, and arrow. The story can go like this:
Ant was sitting on an apple. She was playing with the alligator. Alligator hit the apple with an arrow. Ant fell and broke her arm. The ambulance came to take the ant to the hospital. Alligator followed the ambulance to the hospital. The doctor treated ant. Alligator said sorry to an ant. Both were happy.
This will cater to the auditory way of learning. There can also be a poem around the same concept as it will add to the auditory activity.
Lesson Planning for Visual learners
There can be a picture story developed with the help of words starting with the targeted beginning sound. So for the beginning sound, a picture can show an ant sitting on an apple while the alligator is shown throwing an arrow at the apple. The teacher can then show the picture to the children and discuss the objects visible there.
Lesson Planning for Kinesthetic learners
There can be a worksheet that will provide children with a matching activity. For example, there can be a worksheet with four pictures (three of objects starting with the beginning sound ‘a’ and one object not starting with this sound), and children can look and match the sound ‘a’ with the objects starting with this sound.
The three ways of learning provide children with maximum opportunities to acquire knowledge. These three ways make learning dynamic and wholesome.