For grown-ups
Sandpaper letters
What your child practices
The shape of each letter and the direction it is written in, before any pencil. The finger starts at the green dot and follows the line; only the path of the letter is rough. Vowels are on blue boards and consonants on pink, as in the wooden set.
How to use it together
Show it once: put a finger on the green dot, follow the letter slowly and say its sound, not its name. Off the shape the sand goes quiet, nothing lights and a thread stretches back to where it stopped; there is no need to point this out. When the letter is all lit, it plays a little run and shows a word with that sound. Brush the sand clean and do it again, or choose any other board.
These are Montessori-style activities. Handeware Kids is not affiliated with or approved by any Montessori organization.