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A child tracing wooden letter tiles on a low table.
Montessori Practice

Language

Touch, sound and symbol meet before fluent reading.

3 – 6 yearsLanguageCognitive

Activities

A child tracing wooden letter tiles on a low table.
Montessori PracticeAge 3–5

Tracing Sandpaper Letters

Connect a letter's sound, shape and muscular memory before writing.

Material: Sandpaper Letters

Materials Used

Sandpaper letter card traced with two fingers.
Language

Sandpaper Letters

Textured letterforms traced with two fingers to link sound, shape and movement.

What to observe as a parent

Listen for your child sounding out the first letter of their own name unprompted.

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