Description

The Montessori methodology of teaching, starts with writing, before the Child learns to read.  They start with the sandpaper letters – cursive print, a set of boards, each with a rough textured cursive letter of the alphabet.  The function of the rough texture, is to further reinforce their learning experience, as the Child sounds out the letter of the alphabet, while tracing the letter.  Their fingertip is stimulated through the rough surface, triggering tactile nerve-endings the feeling of which will be absorbed by memory muscle.

Features of The Sandpaper Letters – Cursive:

• the direct objective, for the Child is to;
  • learn the letters of the alphabet
• indirectly, the Child develops;
  • focus and concentration
  • improved tactile sensory stimulation
  • associate sounds of the letters to the written letter of the alphabet
• this core Montessori material forms part of the curriculum support material for the language syllabus
• by starting with the cursive script, the Child learns to shape the letters smoothly and fluidly, without having to lift the pen and break their concentration.

Contents of The Sandpaper Letters – Cursive:

• 27 boards in pink (for consonants) and blue (for vowels)
  • 13 boards are in landscape orientation
  • 14 boards are in portrait orientation
  • the letter ‘y’ is duplicated as both a vowel and a consonant
• a beautifully finished, birchply wooden storage box

Size:

• landscape boards – 19cm x 14cm x 0.25cm / (7½” x 5½” x 0.10″)
• portrait boards – 16cm x 11cm x 0.25cm / (6¼” x 4¼” x 0.10″)
• box – 22cm x 15cm x 11.5cm / (8½” x 6″ x 4½”)