Before using pages in this book in a lesson presentation, it is advisable that you review with your child both the short vowel and long vowel rules for monosyllable words. You'll want to make short vowel blends strips, as illustrated on page 70 of Montessori at Home . The Short Vowel Blends Exercise, missing letter exercise, phonogram exercises, movable letter exercises, and other activities mentioned throughout Montessori at Home will help prepare your child for beginning books like Gabby and Her Goslings . Sight words such as is, are, the, and there are included in Gabby and Her Goslings . However, the majority of words follow the monosyllable short vowel sound and monosyllable long vowel sound patterns.
Repetition is important for the beginning reader.
Thus, you will see many monosyllable words frequently used throughout the text of Gabby and Her Goslings . You will want to include many monosyllable words and repeat some of these words on more than one page in books you create. Notice that on page one the word Gabby is used three times. The word mom is used twice. Click here to see Page 1 Before using pages from Gabby and Her Goslings , your child should also know the sounds for oo .