Sandpaper Phonograms extend the Sandpaper Letters work in the Montessori language area. A phonogram is a letter or combination of letters that represents a sound.
More than one letter for a sound
In the word boy, the source separates the sounds as b-oy. The two letters in oy represent one sound. Its other examples are f-ar-m, c-or-n, and b-a-m-b-oo, showing letter groups within words.
Tracing the written form
The material uses cursive sandpaper figures on green wooden rectangles. Children trace the figures with their fingertips while saying the sounds, bringing the written shape and spoken sound into the same activity.
The work continues the connection between letters and sounds introduced with Sandpaper Letters, as part of the classroom’s preparation for writing and reading.
