Writing Preparation

Children continue the work of language development through the relationship between sound and symbol. In this section we review activities designed to connect students to letters through sensorial experiences. In the Montessori classroom, the goal is not merely memorization, but mind body connection. Sandpaper letters, moveable alphabets, and small object relationships allow students to create a rich set of phonetic experiences with letters and sounds. Metal insets help to strengthen pencil control and application.

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Audio Dictative Word Building

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Audio Dictative Word Building is a language exercise which hones a student's ability to discriminate individual letter sounds. A Montessori guide can bring together a group or individual student as a means of assessing or reinforcing the knowledge present, even assisting students who may be struggling to retain specific certain letter sounds. Using the moveable alphabet, students are asked to spell out simple 2 and 3 letter words on a rug.
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Metal Insets

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Metal Insets are one of the foundational pre-writing activities to development the essential “three finger grip”. Inset designs, once introduced, become a classroom staple for…
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Sand Tray

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Sandpaper Letters

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The Moveable Alphabet

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The Moveable Alphabet is at the core of the early reading and writing activities in the classroom. Remember, as guides, we are trying to show children increasingly interesting ways to engage with concepts that they show a willingness and readiness to learn. By giving students a tactile component to early language development, a Montessori Guide is able to approach the process of phonetic lessons in a variety of ways. The lessons in this section are designed to introduced the Moveable Alphabet, and it will be involved an nearly all aspects of a child's learning throughout the early reading program.
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White Level

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White Level activities are an introduction to the relationship between phonetic symbols and the sounds the represent.

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Audio Dictative Word Building

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Audio Dictative Word Building is a language exercise which hones a student's ability to discriminate individual letter sounds. A Montessori guide can bring together a group or individual student as a means of assessing or reinforcing the knowledge present, even assisting students who may be struggling to retain specific certain letter sounds. Using the moveable alphabet, students are asked to spell out simple 2 and 3 letter words on a rug.
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1 Lesson

Metal Insets

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Metal Insets are one of the foundational pre-writing activities to development the essential “three finger grip”. Inset designs, once introduced, become a classroom staple for…
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Sand Tray

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Sandpaper Letters

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1 Lesson

The Moveable Alphabet

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The Moveable Alphabet is at the core of the early reading and writing activities in the classroom. Remember, as guides, we are trying to show children increasingly interesting ways to engage with concepts that they show a willingness and readiness to learn. By giving students a tactile component to early language development, a Montessori Guide is able to approach the process of phonetic lessons in a variety of ways. The lessons in this section are designed to introduced the Moveable Alphabet, and it will be involved an nearly all aspects of a child's learning throughout the early reading program.
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1 Lesson

White Level

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White Level activities are an introduction to the relationship between phonetic symbols and the sounds the represent.