Montessori Numbers Learning Sandpaper

Features

• Ten rough sandpaper numbers are pasted on smooth gray boards with yellow lines underlining the numbers
• These sandpaper numerals introduce the child to the symbols 0-9 and their corresponding names
• By tracing these numerals in the style and direction in which they are written, the child is preparing for writing numbers
• Ten rough sandpaper numbers are pasted on smooth gray boards with yellow lines underlining the numbers
• Boxes are made of engineered wood to store the sandpaper cards

How to use

1. Draw the child’s attention to the yellow line below the number and tell, this line has to be close to you
2. Trace the number in the way it is written
3. Trace and say the name of the number
4. Ask the child to trace
5. As the child traces you join him to say ‘one’ or ‘two’ and so on
6. Before you leave say: “Remember, every time you trace. You must say... (The name of the number). Remember how we trace – very, very lightly.”
7. Leave the child tracing and saying the number

Specifications