The A-Z train was a big hit with Annie; she was so excited to work with her polar express train! She had to walk back and forth several times to get the next letter for the large and small letters, which is excellent for children who need to move.
Montessori said that young children of this age are in the sensitive period for movement. Incorporating a lot of back-and-forths moving around the room is a fantastic example of integrating movement into your lessons.
The transition to the moveable letters highlights the importance of recognizing letters. Young children must explore and familiarize themselves with letters in different forms and experience notes in different hands-on materials, in books, on cards, other print materials, games, activities, and signs they come across daily.
Exploring letters and phonetic sounds frequently and differently will help children move on to writing and reading with success. Transitioning to the moveable letter lesson sets an excellent foundation for recognizing and experiencing letters.
This is a handy printable to have! So many great learning projects to do!
Hi Nicole,
It’s great to know that you found the letter recognition activity helpful!
This is really helpful. Thank you for this detailed guide. Will try to find a set of moveable alphabet online and will start with this activity. Appreciate all the tips.
Hi CLarice,
I’m happy that you found the letter recognition activity to be helpful!
What a great set of letters. These are wonderful activities for developing better letter recognition.
Such a great way to get kids involved. Thank you for sharing.
Great activities! This also seems like something that would keep their interest.
Awesome ideas! Will definitely be saving this for the future, although it can’t hurt to start young!!
Hi Katie,
That’s wonderful! I’m happy that you like the Montessori letter recognition activities. If you’d like to learn about oral language activities for little ones (age two and up), check out my blog post: https://brightlittleowl.com/oral-language-development/
Thanks for the tips. We have one just starting with letter recognition. Montessori products are the best!
Hi Pedja,
I’m so glad the Montessori letter recognition activities are helpful!
What a great and stimulating way to boost learning! Love your creativity and tips! Thank you for sharing this.
This is very helpful, especially to those with kids at school.
Your daughter is going to have a great foundation with your organized systematic teaching! Thanks for sharing!
Learnt something new today! Will be trying this with the kids I tutor 😆
Such fun ideas to keep little learners engaged and having fun while learning important skills to support literacy! Thank you for sharing!
This is a fantastic post. Your pictures are great and the ideas are really fun and educational for little ones.
Hi Debbie,
I’m so glad that you found the Letter Recognition activities helpful!
This was one of my favorite activities when I was a director at a Montessori preschool
This is very very insightful, thank you so much. I know nothing about letter recognition but I wish I knew! These techniques are fundamental and they would make the entire difference.
I haven’t done any letter recognition activities or the moveable alphabet yet but I love the idea of the A-Z train. It sounds fun 🙂
Hi Tina,
If you have a little one that loves trains, doing this Montessori letter recognition activity with a train set is so exciting!
This is pretty cool and the kids would enjoy as well as learn something. I will try this with my little brother. Thank you for sharing!