Movable Alphabets DIY
In the Montessori classroom, children are taught to build words from the phonograms, that enable children to “write” words and compose sentences before they have developed good pencil grip. Children learn to “write” and spell what they hear, thus start encoding words(spelling) before decoding words (reading).
The movable alphabets are made from wood or plastic, in prints or cursive. The wooden ones typically cost $100-$200 a set. They are very expensive!
(L -R)Wooden Movable alphabets in print, Wooden Movable alphabets in cursive, plastic movable alphabets in print.
I know there is no where I can afford this. I have decided to make them!
http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfsjy/mts/lang/30.htm
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Hi Leah,
Applause!! Great job there! Thanks for the DIY tips. Btw, I was wondering, what’s the glue for? And which kind of cursive fonts do u use? I may decide to do it too!! Rather than ‘waste’ RM500 for a set.
ps. Would there be much different if I make a SMA instead of LMA? would appreciate ur opinion. Thanks
Celine: to glue the cut out paper letters to the file.:-)
I plan to do the medium and small movable alphabets the same way too.
My understanding is: the large movable alphabets are mostly for building pink level words, thus are colored coded consonants and vowels. And the medium and small movable alphabets are in one color only. Use later to “write” sentences and story that may have multiletter phonograms.
Celine: I use the fonts from http://www.schoolhousefonts.com, the demo version is free but “a” will show as “demo”, so I just work around “d” to get the small letter “a”