7 Letter pages . 4-6 years . Language
The Printable Movable Alphabet
The letters to cut out that your child moves to spell a word, long before they can write it with a pencil.
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What's in the download
- All 26 lowercase and 26 capital letters, in Century Gothic, the letterform taught in American classrooms.
- Extra copies of the letters that come in handy for double consonants: b, f, g, z, k, v, as in rabbit, coffee, egg, buzz.
- Frequent letters in several copies, because a word often needs one twice: mom, dad, book.
- Vowels in blue and consonants in red, the Montessori convention your child will find again elsewhere.
Why this material
Spelling a word takes two efforts at once: hearing the sounds, then finding the letter for each sound. If your child also has to write the letters by hand, they give up before the end. Movable letters take the handwriting out of it, and let your child do what they already can.
Activities that use it
Sandpaper Letters
Letters to trace with fingertips, saying their sound: the hand learns to write before the crayon does.
First Words with the Movable Alphabet
Spelling out "mom" with letters you place, long before you can hold a crayon: the magic of the movable alphabet.
Writing a Real Letter
Writing to someone who will write back: writing finally serves a purpose.