Sandpaper Letters
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Sandpaper Letters | |
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Language - Writing | |
Level | Primary |
Age | 2.5 |
Prerequisites | auditory discrimination I Spy Rough and Smooth Boards |
Materials | 3 Sandpaper Letters |
This activity introduces the child to letters.
Presentation
- Take three sandpaper letters to a mat or table. Place them in a stack face-down in the upper right corner.
- Step two
- Step three
- Step four
- Set out all three letters and do a Three Period Lesson.
Points of Interest
Control of Error
Variations and Extensions
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.)
Where to Buy
Prices and links checked: 05 August 2020
Store | Price |
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Absorbent Montessori | $33.00 |
Adena | $37.95 |
Alison's | $85.50 |
Alison's | $36.75 |
Bruins | $110.00 |
E & O | $53.10 |
Hello Wood | $125.00 |
Hello Wood Getty-Dubay |
$144.00 |
IFIT | $46.00 |
Kid Advance | $36.99 |
Material Company of Boston | $78.00 |
Montessori Concepts | $55.00 |
Montessori Outlet | $36.95 |
Nienhuis | $96.60 |
Thinkamajigs | $44.95 |
Bruins lower |
$99.00 |
IFIT lower & captial |
$36.00 |
IFIT lower |
$38.00 |
Kid Advance lower |
$30.99 |
Kid Advance capital |
$37.99 |
Montessori Concepts lower & captial |
$45.00 |
Montessori Concepts lower |
$46.00 |
Montessori N' Such capital,print |
$15.99 |
Montessori N' Such lower,print |
$15.99 |
Montessori Outlet capital |
$45.95 |
Cursive | |
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Store | Price |
Absorbent Montessori | $33.00 |
Adena | $37.95 |
Affordable Montessori | $49.00 |
Alison's | $44.10 |
Alison's | $90.00 |
Best Montessori Toys | $79.95 |
Bruins | $115.00 |
E & O | $53.10 |
Hello Wood | $141.00 |
IFIT | $46.00 |
Kid Advance | $31.99 |
Material Company of Boston | $85.00 |
Montessori Concepts | $56.00 |
Montessori Outlet | $39.95 |
Nienhuis | $96.60 |
Thinkamajigs | $44.95 |
Bruins lower |
$90.00 |
Bruins lower, D'Nealian |
$110.00 |
IFIT lower |
$38.00 |
Kid Advance capital |
$37.99 |
Kid Advance lower & captial |
$29.99 |
Montessori Outlet capital |
$46.95 |
Semi-Cursive | |
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Store | Price |
Alison's D'Nealian |
$35.00 |
Alison's D'Nealian |
$85.50 |
Alison's Sassoon |
$85.50 |
Hello Wood Getty-Dubay |
$145.00 |
Hello Wood script |
$129.00 |
Material Company of Boston D'Nealian |
$88.00 |
Other Alphabets | |
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Store | Price |
Alison's Arabic |
$42.00 |
Alison's Hebrew |
$42.00 |
Bruins Spanish - print |
$90.00 |
Bruins Spanish - cursive |
$90.00 |
Material Company of Boston Spanish - print |
$95.00 |
Kid Advance Chinese |
$23.99 |
Kid Advance Chinese |
$23.99 |
Kid Advance Chinese |
$23.99 |
Montessori Outlet Spanish print lower |
$42.95 |
Nienhuis Spanish - print |
$17.50 |
Sandpaper Letters on Cardstock | |
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Store | Price |
Resources for Reading capital |
$25.95 |
Box | |
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Store | Price |
Kid Advance | $14.99 |
Further Reading
- Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-fives by David Gettman, pages 139-140
- Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, pages 70-72, 97-107