How can I make my own Montessori moveable alphabet and how do I use it?
A Montessori moveable alphabet is a great tool for homeschoolers and even just for children who are beginning to read and spell. There are so many things you can do with a moveable alphabet and all of them are great for learning. In case you’ve never heard of a moveable alphabet, here are a few ways you can use it:
- Make sight words (we use our moveable alphabet with a few activities in our Pre-Primer Sight Word Curriculum)
- Make your name
- Make sentences
- Make words for things you see around you
Here are some awesome ideas for using a moveable alphabet.
- Sample Moveable Alphabet Lesson
- Moveable Alphabet Description and Lessons
- More Moveable Alphabet Lesson Ideas
These moveable alphabets are so fun for kids, but you may not want to spend a lot of money on one. This post will teach you how to create your own moveable outfit. The project total should be around $12 total and that includes the storage boxes.
What You Need
- Small glass gems
- red and blue construction paper
- Mod podge
- some kind of storage container.
- ½ inch circle puncher or scissors
Directions
You can make your DIY Montessori moveable alphabet using the exact same method you can use to make the flat marble alphabet. The only difference is using small glass gems rather than the big ones and make several sets of each letter in both uppercase and lowercase.
So far, we have loved our moveable alphabet. We hope you enjoy using yours as well!
This is gorgeous. I have pinned and tweeted. It’s awesome to find beautiful DIY Montessori ideas 🙂
Thanks! We have loved using our DIY version and it was so much cheaper than buying a Montessori moveable alphabet!
What is the difference between the Montessori moving alphabet and the flat marble alphabet?
That’s a good question. They are very similar, but there are some important differences. First, the Montessori moveable alphabet has several sets of the alphabet (mine has 5 lowercase of each letter and 3 uppercase of each letter, plus even more of the vowels). Second, the Montessori moveable alphabet has the consonants blue and the vowels red rather than all of the letters the same color (like the flat marble alphabet). Third, my moveable alphabet uses the small glass gems rather than the large ones that I used for the flat marble alphabet. Think of the flat marble alphabet as the toddler or preschool version and the Montessori moveable alphabet as the Kindergarten and First grade version. They are very similar though and can be used in many of the same ways.
Thanks!
I’ve made magnets with flat marbles before and moveable alphabets with milk lids but never thought of putting the two together. Genius! I’d love to have you link this to Titus 2 Tuesday this week. I hope to see you there.
Kathy
Thank you! We’ll definitely stop by!
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