2022 Half Year Report (Eiji Matsunaga) Revised
2022 Half Year Report (Eiji Matsunaga) Revised
1st 2nd
Half Half
PRACTICAL LIFE: Grace and Courtesy
Greetings: Good Morning | Good Afternoon | Good Evening | Good Night N
Farewell: Goodbye | See you N
Good Manners: Please | Thank you | You are welcome | Excuse me | I am sorry N
Table Manners: May I | Yes, please | No, thank you N
Setting dining table | cleaning away N
Waiting in line | knock on doors | permission to leave N
How to cough | sneeze | yawn N
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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Half Half
PRACTICAL LIFE: Exercises for developing Fine Motor Skills
Dry pouring into: 2 or more containers | marked containers | funnel | sieve N
Wet pouring into: 2 or more containers | cups | marked containers | funnel N
Opening / closing: boxes | bottles N
Spooning with: large | small spoon N
Spooning into assorted containers with: large | small spoon N
Transferring & sorting: 2 or more containers with large | small tongs I
Transferring: sponge | ladle | turkey baster | dropper | syringe I
Transferring: tweezers | strawberry huller | chopsticks | toothpicks I
Threading: large | small beads I
Pegging: large | small pegs I
Sewing: card | cloth --
Weaving: large | small strips | ribbons | yarn I
Plaiting: 1 or 3 coloured strings --
Screwing / unscrewing: large | small nuts & bolts I
Polishing: mirror | silver | brass | shoes | wood --
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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Half Half
SENSORIAL: VISUAL TRAINING (Enhance Sense of Sight)
Perception of Dimension
Knobbed Cylinders
Knobbed Cylinders: Block 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 N
Identifying / naming cylinder:
i. Short & tall: short, shorter, shortest | tall, taller, tallest I
ii. Thick & thin: fat, fatter, fattest | thin, thinner, thinnest I
Knobbed Cylinders: Combination of Block 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 I
Pink Tower
Pink Tower: concentric | tangential | variation I
Identifying / naming cube: I
i. Big & small: big, bigger, biggest | small, smaller, smallest I
Broad Stair
Identifying / naming prism:
i. Broad & narrow: broad, broader, broadest | narrow, narrower, narrowest I
Combination of Pink Tower & Broad Stair I
Knobless Cylinders
Knobless Cylinders: Box 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 N
Identifying / naming cylinders: I
i. Fat & thin: fat, fatter, fattest | thin, thinner, thinnest I
Knobless Cylinders: combination of 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 boxes I
Colour Box
Colour Box 1 & 2: handling & matching
i. Identify / naming Box 1 (primary colours): red, blue, yellow N
ii. Identifying / naming Box 2 (secondary colours):
green, orange, purple, pink, brown, grey, black, white N
Colour Box 3: grading I
Identifying / naming colour tones:
i. Dark & light: dark, darker, darkest | light, lighter, lightest I
ii. Building: Colour Wheel
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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Half Half
Sense of Touch
Touching & feeling things in the environment I
Sense of Weight
Weighing things in the environment --
Weighing scale: heavy | light --
Sense of Temperature
Thermic Tablets: pairing / grading --
Mystery bag --
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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Half Half
Olfactory Sense
Smelling bottles: pairing / grading: 2 sets | 3 sets I
Identify / naming fragrance: I
i. Flower | spices | coffee | cocoa | tea I
Gustatory Sense
Tasting / identifying / naming food: 2 sets | 3 sets I
Identifying / naming taste: I
i. Sweet | sour | salty | bitter | spicy | acidic I
Auditory Sense
Listening to the surrounding sounds:
i. Animal | machines | instruments N
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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Half Half
SENSORIAL: EARLY GEOMETRY & ALGEBRA
Geometric Presentation Tray: feeling / matching
Geometric Cabinet Drawer 5: 4 curved shapes --
Identifying / naming curved shapes: --
i. quatrefoil | curvilinear triangle | oval | eclipse --
Geometric Cabinet Drawer 6: 4 quadrilaterals --
Identifying / naming quadrilaterals: --
i. rhombus | parallelogram | trapezium | trapezoid --
Straight edges: --
Identifying / naming straight edges solids: --
i. cube | rectangular prism | triangular prism | square based pyramid | triangular based pyramid --
Constructive Triangles: --
Identifying Constructive Triangles --
i. Triangular Box | Rectangular Triangles | Hexagonal Box (Large / Small) |
Blue Rectangular Box --
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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Half Half
NUMBERS: INTRODUCTION
Number songs / rhymes N
Counting orally: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 | 10–20–30–40–50–60-70-80-90-100 N
Counting objects: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 | 10–20–30–40–50–60-70-80-90-100 N
Counting objects & matching to symbols: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 N
Counting objects & matching to symbols: 10–20–30–40–50–60-70-80-90-100 N
Number Rods
Building: 1-5 | 1-10 N
Counting / identifying: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 N
Number Rods & Cards: numeral & quantities N
i. in sequence: 1-5 | 1-10 N
ii. at random: 1-5 | 1-10 N
Spindle Box
Association of numerals & quantities: 0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 N
Understanding the concept of ‘Zero’ N
DECIMAL SYSTEM
Golden Beads: 1-10 -100 -1000 --
Bank Game
i. Counting through --
ii. Associating quantity and symbol --
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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Half Half
NUMBERS: COUNTING BEYOND TENS
Introduction to Short Bead Stair --
Introduction to Teens:
Ten Bead Bars & Short Bead Stair (quantity): 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19 --
Sequin Board A
i. Identifying / naming symbols: 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19 --
ii. Combining quantity and symbol: 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19 --
Introduction to Tens:
Ten Bead Bars (quantity): 10-20-30-40-50-60-70-80-90 --
Sequin Board B
i. Identifying / naming symbols: 10-20-30-40-50-60-70-80-90 --
ii. Combining quantity and symbol: 10-20-30-40-50-60-70-80-90 --
iii. Combining quantity and symbol: 11-50 | 51-99 --
• Snake Game --
ADDITION
Addition using objects --
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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Half Half
SUBTRACTION
Subtraction using Small Number Rods with recording: Series 1 | 2 | 3 --
MULTIPLICATION
Introduction using Short Bead Stair --
Multiplication Board --
DIVISION
Introduction using Golden Beads Material --
Division Board --
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Problem Sums --
Time: hours | minutes | seconds --
Money: ringgit | sen --
Fraction: whole | ½ | ¼ --
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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LANGUAGE: PRE-READING ACTIVITIES
Receptive language: ability to understand instruction easily N
Expressive language: ability to express needs clearly N
Clapping game | puppet play | naming game N
Song | rhyme | poetry N
Listening & singing to phonic tapes / CD N
Naming things from: object bag | the environment N
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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LANGUAGE: PHONETIC READING
Sandpaper letter (phonics)
i.) a b c d e N
ii.) f g h i j N
iii.) k l m n o N
iv.) p q r s t N
v.) u v w x y z N
‘I Spy’ Game
i. Beginning sound --
ii. Last sound --
iii. Middle sound --
PHONETIC GRAMMAR
Blue Reading Scheme
(Blending longer phonetic words, double consonants, reduced vowel)
Word building using LMA with object box 1 | 3 --
Word building using LMA with picture box 2 | 4 --
Picture sheets | word list | booklet --
Short phrase | sentences --
Farm Box 1
i. Noun | Adjectives | Articles | Verbs --
ii. Formation of short sentences --
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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LANGUAGE: NON-PHONETIC READING
Green Reading Scheme (phonogram)
Word building using Small Moveable Alphabet with Phonogram Box: sh | ch | th | nk | ng | wh | ar | a, a-e,
ay | ee, ei, y | ei, igh, y, ie | oe, o-e, oa, ow | oo, u-e, ew | al, aw | ir, er | ow, au, ou | oi, oy | or, ore | ear, eer
| tion, sion | ture, are, air --
Formation of Plurals: (nouns that ends in sibilant sound add ‘es’ or ies) --
i. Box 1: s | x | z | sh | ch --
ii. Box 2: (f) f | if | fe --
iii. Box 3: (y)ies --
iv. Box 4: o --
v. Box 5: use of old Saxon Plural --
vi. Box 6: change of vowels or consonants --
vii. Box 7: use of the same form in both singular and plural --
viii. Box 8: according to the rule of language from which they come --
ix. Box 9: (1) – is | es, (2) – formed of preposition, (3) – double plural --
Farm Box 2: --
i. Nouns (1): animals in pairs with their young --
ii. Nouns (2): objects --
iii. Adjectives: Articles | Possessive --
iv. Verbs (1): Verbs for animal activities --
v. Verbs (2): Verbs for animal sounds --
vi. Adverbs --
vii. Pronouns --
viii. Prepositions --
ix. Conjunctions --
x. Forming short sentences --
NON-PHONETIC READING
Capital Letters --
Punctuations --
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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BAHASA MALAYSIA: Tatabahasa (Grammar)
Huruf Besar (Capital letters) --
Tanda Bacaan (Punctuation) --
Kata Nama Am (Common Nouns): baju, kasut, beg, meja --
Kata Nama Khas (Proper Nouns): Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Ahmad --
Kata Nama Ganti (Personal Nouns): saya, kamu, dia, kami, mereka --
Kata Kerja (Verb): cuci, makan, minum, jalan, lari --
Kata Adjektif (Adjectives): besar, kecil, berat, ringan, tinggi, rendah --
Kata Arah (Preposition): di atas, di bawah, di dalam, ke atas --
Penjodoh Bilangan (Collective Nouns): sebiji, seutas, sebuah, seekor --
Kata Tanya (Questions): Siapa?, bila?, mana?, apa? --
Kata Hubung(Conjunctions): dan, dengan, dari, daripada, kepada --
Kata Bantu (Auxiliaries): sedang, telah, akan --
Kata Ganti Petunjuk (Interjections): sini, situ --
Simpulan Bahasa (Idioms): kaki ayam, ringan tulang --
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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CULTURE: NURSERY RHYMES
Songs | stories N
Rhymes | poems | poetries N
i. Listening / understand N
ii. Discussion N
iii. Creative writing --
Reciting / singing: poems | poetry N
CULTURE: HISTORY
Time of the Day:
i. Morning | afternoon | evening | night N
Naming Days of the Week:
i. Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday N
Naming Months of the Year:
i. January | February | March | April N
ii. May | June | July | August N
iii. September | October | November | December N
Calendar: days | months | year N
Weather: sunny day | rainy day | cloudy day | windy day N
Season: spring | summer | autumn | winter N
Timeline of a child: daily routine | birthday N
Introducing Time: clocks | hours | minutes | second N
CULTURE: FESTIVAL
Chinese New Year | Valentine’s Day | Easter I
Mother’s Day | Father’s Day | Hari Raya Puasa | National Day I
Mid Autumn Festival | Deepavali | Christmas --
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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SUMMARY
PERSONAL, SOCIAL and EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Responsibility: care for personal belonging N
Cooperative: able to work with others N
Attentive listen / follow instructions N
Confident work: socially N
Independent work: personally N
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Walking on the line: balancing tray with items | bells N
Balancing: bean bag | book I
Running | hopping | marching | jumping | skipping | tip-toeing N
Throwing | catching | tugging | crawling | climbing | sliding N
Use of playground equipment N
Games & rules N
CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
Pasting | gluing: whole surface | edges | designated area N
Holding | handling paintbrush N
Painting with large | fine brush N
Rubbing | stencilling | printing | collage N
Imaginative drawing N
Silence Game I
Line time: singing | rhythm | movement | dramatization N
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THEMATIC : PERSONAL HYGIENE & ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANLINESS ( January – March
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
2022 )
Songs | Rhymes | Stories | Puzzles | Picture Cards I
What is Personal Hygiene and Why it is Important? I
Introducing / Naming / Categorizing: I
i) Good vs. Bad personal hygiene practices I
ii) Tools or materials used to encourage good personal hygiene I
What is Environmental Cleanliness? I
Introducing / Naming: I
i) Types of Pollution: Land / Water / Air I
ii) Home Cleanliness: Vacuuming / Mopping / Sweeping / Wiping I
How do we keep our Environment clean? I
Introduction to Galaxies --
Comets: --
i) What is a Comet? --
ii) Name of Comets – Halley’s Comet | Chiron | Biela’s Comet --
All About Astronauts: --
i) What do astronauts do? --
ii) What do astronauts wear and use? --
Space Rockets – Landing on the Moon --
Neil Armstrong – First Person to Land on the Moon --
What is Gravity and Why is it Important to Earth --
What are Craters and How are they formed --
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
Eiji is a gentle, sweet, and reserved child. In the morning, he enjoys observing his surroundings as he enters the school
grounds. During class, he understands the routines well because he tends to mimic what his brother and the older children do and
looks to Riku as an example to emulate. He does, however, like having a say in what he does, such as which worksheets or daily
work he must complete or which materials to work with.
In the practical area, Eiji has tried hard to improve his fine motor skills by practising cutting paper into straight, slanted, zig-
zag, and curved lines with a pair of scissors. He is making good progress in rolling and unrolling the floor mat on his own. Eiji must
first strengthen his fine motor skills by engaging in various practical life activities on a daily basis before being introduced to more
advanced exercise. He is making progress with his gross motor skills, as he can swing and climb the slide on his own. Running and
playing chase with his friends, as well as bouncing on the trampoline, are his favourite outdoor activities. Eiji enjoys physical activity
and looks forward to going to the gym.
Eiji is learning to comprehend the concept of superlatives as well as the perception of dimensions and sizes in the sensorial
domain. He has grasped the concept of big-bigger-biggest and small-smaller-smallest in order formation by using Pink Tower, but he
needs practice when the materials are arranged in random order. Eiji will be exposed to a wide range of sensory materials in order to
broaden and fine-tune his auditory skills, sense of touch, smell, and colour.
Eiji can correctly and randomly count and identify numbers from 1 to 10. He is currently working on counting backwards from
ten to one and learning how to assign numbers to quantities with the help of wooden spindle materials.
In the language area, Eiji is working on his sounds of the letters and learning to form them through tracing the sandpaper
letters. He still requires practice to recognise and identify the letters independently and confidently. Currently, Eiji is working hard
with the large movable alphabets, where he has to match them with the sandpaper letters accurately.
During the Bahasa lesson, Eiji has been introduced to the names of body parts, such as ‘mata’, ‘hidung’, ‘telinga’, ‘mulut’ and
‘tangan’.
For this first half of the year, Eiji has been introduced to the themes of "Personal Hygiene & Environmental Cleanliness" and
"Art Around the World." Through the above themes, Eiji has learnt about good vs. bad personal hygiene, types of pollution, and
home cleanliness. Eiji also learnt about different forms of art, famous artists and paintings. Furthermore, he has been introduced to
the various festivals in Malaysia such as Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Aidil Fitri by learning the history of each festival as well
as the practises and ways of celebration.
Eiji has shown high enthusiasm towards the above themes and festivals' celebration. He participated in the art and
craft pertaining to themes and festivals. Overall, He has made steady progress in our well-structured Montessori environment.
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Montessori Programme ( 3 - 6 years )
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