Cardstock Alphabet

Name: Cardstock Alphabet
Brand: Maitri Learning
SKU: matrc-crdstk
Price: 76.0 PLN
Availability: OutOfStock

Item No: matrc-crdstk

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Rooted in Neurodevelopment
See the Guided Lesson Plan
High quality materials
Eco-Happy
Fun & Engaging Activities

Ages/Stages

PreK: Ages 3 to 4
K: Ages 5 to 6
1: Ages 6-7
2: Ages 7-8
Intervention
ESL

Common Core

Fine Motor Skills
Language: Conventions of English
Phonics/Word Recognition
Phonological Awareness
Print Concepts
Writing

Our cardstock alphabet is an affordable option for home or occasional use. Ideal for ages 3-6. Unlike our Traditional Movable Alphabet, our economical Cardstock Alphabet is printed on heavyweight cardstock (not laminated) and cut into rectangular cards (the corners are not rounded). Organize them in an egg carton or craft box, put them on the shelf, and get right to work!

The movable alphabet allows children to build words with letter cards, explore morphological concepts like prefixes and suffixes, and practice spelling all without using a pencil or eraser.

Product Details

Choose print or cursive font (to match your child's sandpaper letters)
Cards are approx. 1.25"W x 2"H and are eco-printed on only one-side (to isolate the difficulty)
Includes 20 of each vowel, 20 each of the high frequency consonants n, r, s, and t, and 10 each of all other consonants...plenty of letters to write everything they like!
Consonants are pink and vowels are blue to match the sandpaper letters
Comes with a powerful lesson plan that will bring the alphabet work to life

Created by a Montessori teacher. Eco-printed by parents/teachers/students in our rural New England office.

If you'd rather craft these yourself, you can purchase a Digital File ready to print and cut. Or, if you prefer them fully laminated with rounded corners (recommended for classroom use), purchase our Traditional Movable Alphabet .

Made in the USA.

STORAGE OPTIONS

Cloth Pouches: Our favorite way to house and display our alphabets is in our Alphabet Pocket Chart Cloth Pouches. These are color-coded to match your alphabet.

Egg Cartons: Our Cardstock Alphabets can be stored and displayed in egg cartons. We recommend placing two cartons (one 18-egg carton and one 12-egg carton) side-by-side and hot gluing the bottoms to a piece of foam board or chipboard. You can even use the lids to help keep the dust off when the alphabets are not in use.

Craft Box: We like the 40-compartment box available from the Container Store because it has a transparent lid that helps keep the dust out without hiding the letters. Another alternative is a velvet 30 compartment jewelry box (like this one we found on Amazon). We tested it in a public school Montessori classroom and it held up well...the children loved to touch its soft sides.

A Note to Montessorians

Introduce the alphabet when the child can recognize (second-period) most sandpaper letters (pink, blue, and green). Use the pink/blue alphabet side-by-side with the green phonogram alphabet.

A Note to Teachers

Whenever you start work with any movable alphabet, remember that the first lesson is how to carry the container/pouch, take letters out, and put them back in. Don't be afraid to practice doing this many times before you write a single word. If you find that children are often dropping their alphabets, revisit this lesson as often as needed.

Knowledge Bank

Cardstock Alphabet