Card Sorting

Compile all notecards created for various games.  Sort into piles by type (nouns, verbs, etc).

• Cards for sorting into noun and verb piles.
• Cards for matching adjectives with nouns.

You could also turn this into a game of "Go Fish," creating sets of matching grammar cards (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.)

Advanced: sort cards by subtype (action verbs / linking verbs, common nouns / proper nouns, etc).

More Examples of Grammar Cards to purchase or you can create your own.

Charades and Simon Says

The traditional game of charades can be modified for the parts of speech.  Alternatively, the cards can be drawn by the parent and read aloud in a game of Simon Says.

Verbs
Create cards of verbs.  Draw one and act out.
(run, jump, kick, swing, spin, etc)

I printed these free verb flash cards for our verb game.  About half of them are easy for the kids to act out, and they have words and pictures so my preschoolers can play, too.

Verb - Adverb
Create cards of verbs and adverbs.  Draw one of each and act out.
(jump slowly, spin quickly, etc)

Noun - Verb
Create cards of verbs and household nouns.  Draw one of each and act out.
(pencil jumps, carrot spins, etc)

Noun - Preposition
Create cards of prepositions and household nouns.  Draw one preposition and two nouns.  (pencil ON the chair, hand WITH the toilet, etc)

Examples of Grammar Cards to purchase or you can create your own.

Lego Diagramming

Use Legos to identify the parts of speech in sentences.  Choose a color for each part (nouns, verbs, etc).  Practice placing the Legos on copywork to identify the parts of speech.   Start with nouns, and add verbs, adjectives, etc, as you learn them.

Traditional Montessori Grammar Colors:

Noun (black)
Verb (red)
Pronoun (green)
Article (light brown)
Adjective (dark brown)
Adverb (pink)
Preposition (purple)*
Conjunction (yellow)
Interjection (blue)

*We don't have any purple legos, so we substitute grey.

Lego diagramming with nouns and verbs.