Montessori Lower Case Cursive Sandpaper Letters w/ Box
Montessori Language Materials, Educational Wooden Toy
26 cursive lower case sandpaper letters. Consonants are on pink wooden boards and vowels on blue boards. Includes extra y on blue board.
To develop a muscular impression of the letter shapes and to associate the sounds with the shapes.
This also helps to develop a visual impression and to learn the writing direction of the letter shapes.
The cursive letters further heighten the child’s awareness of the sounds in words
The cursive wooden letters unite these sounds by means of muscular and visual memory to the appropriate symbol.
The Sandpaper Letters guide the hand for writing as the child traces the letter shapes in the style and direction that they are written. Each Sandpaper Letter is in lower case with the consonants on boards painted pink, and the vowels on boards painted blue. Each board has a space on the left and right for the child to steady it with one hand while tracing the letter with the other.
Preparation for writing and reading
