Sandpaper Letters

Sandpaper Letters
Language - Writing
Level	Primary
Age	2.5
Prerequisites	auditory discrimination I Spy Touch Boards
Materials	3 Sandpaper Letters

This activity introduces the child to letters.

Presentation

1. Take three sandpaper letters to a mat or table. Place them in a stack face-down in the upper right corner.

   

2. Step two

   

3. Step three

   

4. Step four

   

5. Set out all three letters and do a Three Period Lesson.

   

Material

Make Your Own

• These boards were made from pieces of masonite. The letters were first printed on regular paper, then cut out, traced on sandpaper, and cut out again.

  

  (For a detailed description of how this was done, see Maybe Montessori.)

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Smooth Letters on Rough Background
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Sandpaper Letters on Cardstock
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Further Reading

• Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, pages 70-72, 97-107