A few months ago I took a tour of a nearby Montessori preschool. I learned a lot about their practices and how they approach education. I love the 'jobs' (educational games and manipulatives) they have available in the classroom to help the children learn. I've already started to make my own versions of some of the games I saw that day. I found some 8.5 x 11 sheets of felt and a big bag of felt letters at my local Dollar Tree store. I made some small cards with Dolch pre-primer site words and the names of the children in the class. I placed 5 cards in a plastic Baggie along with all the letters needed for those words and a felt sheet. The children were all trained on how to play the game:
1. Empty the entire contents of the bag.
2. Place the letters face up on the left of the felt sheet.
3. Stack the word cards in a pile and place them at the top middle of the felt.
4. Begin to use the letters to the left to spell the word on the card.
5. When the word is spelled compare the letters one by one out load to double check.
6. Once the word is correct return the letters to the left side of the felt sheet.
7. Take the top card and place it on the bottom of the pile, and begin again.
The children in my class have really enjoyed this new activity. Hope this inspires you to create new activities for the children in your class.
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