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{{Infobox Lesson
{{Infobox Lesson
| Name          = Movable Alphabet
| Name          = Introduction to the Movable Alphabet
| Topic        = Language
| Topic        = Language
| Subtopic      = Writing
| Subtopic      = Writing
| Photo         =  
| image         = [[File:Intro_to_MA.JPG|320px]]
| Level        = [[Primary]]
| Level        = [[Primary]]
| Age          = 4 +
| Age          = 4 +
| Preqs        = [[Sandpaper Letters]]<br>can hear the sounds that make up a word
| Preqs        = some [[Sandpaper Letters]]<br>can hear the sounds that make up a word
| Materials    =  
| Materials    = movable alphabet set <br> 3 sandpaper letters
}}
}}
This activity allows children to form words even if they don't yet have the fine motor skills for using a pencil.
This activity allows children to form words even if they don't yet have the fine motor skills for using a pencil.
== Presentation ==
== Presentation ==
You don't need to wait until the child has gone through all of the sandpaper letters before introducing this material.  Just start with the letters with which the child is familiar.
# Step one
# Step one
#: [[Image:Intro_to_MA_1.JPG|220px|center]]
# Step two
# Step two
#: [[Image:Intro_to_MA_2.JPG|220px|center]]
# Step three
#: [[Image:Intro_to_MA_3.JPG|220px|center]]
# Step four
#: [[Image:Intro_to_MA_4.JPG|220px|center]]
# Step five
#: [[Image:Intro_to_MA_5.JPG|220px|center]]


== Points of Interest ==
== Points of Interest ==
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== Material ==
== Material ==
see [[Movable Alphabet]]
===Make Your Own===
[[Category:Make_your_own]]
Printable Movable Alphabet Tiles:
{|
|width="100"|[[Image:Movable Alphabet print pdf icon.jpg|link=http://www.montessorialbum.com/montessori/images/5/5d/Movable_Alphabet_-_print.pdf|100 px]]
|width="100"|[[Image:Movable Alphabet cursive pdf icon.jpg|link=http://www.montessorialbum.com/montessori/images/5/5f/Movable_Alphabet_-_cursive.pdf|100 px]]
|width="100"|[[Image:Movable Alphabet semi-cursive pdf icon.jpg|link=http://www.montessorialbum.com/montessori/images/f/fc/Movable_Alphabet_-_semi-cursive.pdf|100 px]]
|width="100"|[[Image:Movable Alphabet semi-cursive 2 pdf icon.jpg|link=http://www.montessorialbum.com/montessori/images/e/ed/Movable_Alphabet_-_semi-cursive_2.pdf|100 px]]
|-
|valign="top" align="center"|[[Media:Movable Alphabet - print.pdf | Print]]
|valign="top" align="center"|[[Media:Movable Alphabet - cursive.pdf | Cursive]]
|valign="top" align="center"|[[Media:Movable Alphabet - semi-cursive.pdf | Semi-cursive]]
|valign="top" align="center"|[[Media:Movable Alphabet - semi-cursive 2.pdf | Semi-cursive 2]]
|}
=== Where to Buy ===
see [[Movable Alphabet]]
[https://merocomontessori.com/montessori-language-materials/1-montessori-alphabet.html merocomontessori] $25 (Movable Alphabet) <br>


===Make Your Own===
== Further Reading ==
If you have a steady hand and time to spare, you can make this material the same way that Maria Montessori did: by cutting the letters out of cardboard.
*[[Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years]] by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, pages 76-77, 96

Revision as of 01:52, 18 July 2018

Introduction to the Movable Alphabet
Language - Writing
Intro to MA.JPG
LevelPrimary
Age4 +
Prerequisitessome Sandpaper Letters
can hear the sounds that make up a word
Materialsmovable alphabet set
3 sandpaper letters

This activity allows children to form words even if they don't yet have the fine motor skills for using a pencil.

Presentation

You don't need to wait until the child has gone through all of the sandpaper letters before introducing this material. Just start with the letters with which the child is familiar.

  1. Step one
    Intro to MA 1.JPG
  2. Step two
    Intro to MA 2.JPG
  3. Step three
    Intro to MA 3.JPG
  4. Step four
    Intro to MA 4.JPG
  5. Step five
    Intro to MA 5.JPG

Points of Interest

Control of Error

Variations and Extensions

Material

see Movable Alphabet

Make Your Own

Printable Movable Alphabet Tiles:

Movable Alphabet print pdf icon.jpg Movable Alphabet cursive pdf icon.jpg Movable Alphabet semi-cursive pdf icon.jpg Movable Alphabet semi-cursive 2 pdf icon.jpg
Print Cursive Semi-cursive Semi-cursive 2

Where to Buy

see Movable Alphabet merocomontessori $25 (Movable Alphabet)

Further Reading