Magnetic Poetry

Use magnetic poetry to teach or reinforce concepts.

Nouns / Verbs
Sort the magnets into piles of nouns and verbs.  Next, try to pair nouns and verbs into combinations that make sense (or not!).

Nouns / Adjectives.  
Repeat Nouns/Verbs above, using adjectives instead of verbs.

Pronouns
Have the child write a small poem.  Use the method from Nouns/Verbs above if it helps get him started.  Rearrange and replace some of the words with pronouns (see images below).

Subject / Predicate
Create sentences with the magnets.  Here is one idea:

(This game coincides with the Subject 1 lesson, and combines ideas from all of the above.)

1. Pick out a few nouns and verbs; pair them up.
2. Arrange the pairs into a sequence.
3. Add in articles and adjectives.*
4. Add direct objects if desired.
5. Rearrange as needed to create a poem.
6. Copy the poem, remembering to capitalize the first letter and add a period at the end.

*I taught the Subject 1 lesson before Articles and Adjectives.  However, I still let my son add them in, with a brief explanation.  When we get to those lessons, they should be short because he will already have been exposed to them many times.

Pair up 3 nouns and 3 verbs

Add articles and conjunctions

Add adjectives. 

Have fun rearranging as desired, inserting
pronouns if it makes sense.
Copywork for this poem.

Grammar Bingo

Create bingo cards in 3x3 or 4x4 grids.  Fill the squares with the words noun, verb, adjective, etc.  Compile all the cards created for other games.  The players draw cards, and play them on their bingo card on a matching word.  The first person to have 3 (or 4) across or down is the winner.

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

Songs

These are song ideas from various teacher websites.  The Books page has a collection of cds and videos to purchase (or search for on YouTube).

Pronouns
Words to some Pronoun Songs sung to Yankee Doodle, She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain, and Row, Row, Row Your boat

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.

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.