One of the first steps of learning the Arabic language is learning the letters and how they are seperate and joined. The child recognises the shape of the letter while tracing it with their finger.
This set of wooden, sand-paper letter tiles comes in a box. The wooden rectangular tiles have sand-painted consonant letters on the blue tiles and vowel letters on the red tiles. Letters are printed onto tiles with white sand - paint, showing the joined letter formation on one side and the seperate letter on the reverse.
Benefits of using Montessori Sand paper letters;
Children learn how the sounds they hear are written.
Children can trace the textured letter with their fingers to understand how the letter is drawn.
In the Montessori method, children first trace the letter with their finger, feeling its shape on sandpaper. Next, they learn the sound the letter makes, rather than its name. For example, the letter B is not identified as “Bee”, but rather, with the sound it makes – “buh”.
Finally, they put this knowledge in place by engaging in letter matching and object sorting based on the look and sound of each letter.
Sand paper letters are typically introduced in groups of three or less. Montessori students learn lower case letters first, and often learn cursive before print as well.
Once sandpaper letters have been mastered, the Montessori Moveable Alphabet can be used to help students practice.
Box Size: 16.5 x 9 x 5 cm.
Tile Size: 7 x 9 cm.
Packaging: Tiles come in wooden box wrapped in cellophane.
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