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Free Doctor and Nurse Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download)

September 9, 2020 By Deb Chitwood Leave a Comment

Medical workers are always essential but this year are more so than ever. For our medical worker unit, I tried to choose images that aren’t stereotypical doctor and nurse images. While I can’t include every great non-stereotypical doctor or nurse image, I have two here that are perfect for our free doctor and nurse do-dot phonics printables.

Free Doctor and Nurse Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download)

 

Note: Be sure to read to the bottom of the post where you’ll find lots of ideas for using do-a-dot printables along with at least one free do-a-dot printable for each letter of the alphabet!

Montessori-Inspired Printables at Living Montessori Now

My daughter, Chrissy (a former Montessori child), and I are partnering to bring you a series of Montessori-inspired printables. The printables are typically themed and use a number of Montessori principles (although you don’t need to be a Montessori teacher or homeschooler to use them):

  • They use isolation of quality.
  • They use photographs or realistic images to emphasize reality. Whenever I can, I’ll tell you the specific name of the object or animal featured on the credits page. This month’s do-a-dot printables use a Black female doctor and a male nurse.
  • They typically use traditional Montessori colors such as red for consonants and blue for vowels.
  • They use lowercase letters, which are what we introduce letter sounds with in Montessori education. (Children tend to pick up the uppercase letters without being introduced if they’re introduced to the lowercase letter sounds.)
  • They often feature themed printable versions of Montessori materials.

Free Doctor and Nurse Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable

To download the doctor and nurse do-a-dot phonics printables, click here and then click on the file image in the upper right corner of the PDF to save to your computer (just choose where you want it saved).

Montessori-Inspired Activities Using the Doctor and Nurse Do-a-Dot Printables

Disclosure: This post contains some affiliate links (at no cost to you).

Doctor or Nurse Do-a-Dot Phonics Tray with Stethoscope Stickers

Tray with Letter D Do-a-Dot Doctor Printable and Stethoscope Stickers

Tray with Letter D Do-a-Dot Doctor Printable and Stethoscope Stickers

Stickers are an especially fun activity for toddlers, and they’re great for fine-motor development. I used some of these stethoscope stickers to make DIY cards and counters for our medical worker unit. I used a wooden Multicraft tray for this activity. Of course, you can use a variety of tools for transfer activities, such as quick sticks, sugar tongs, or toast tongs, along with a variety of objects to transfer to the dots.

You can add erasable crayons or markers to a laminated page for preschoolers to work on tracing skills. I don’t have my 2½-year-old grandkids trace letters or numbers except with their fingers. I just showed how I place colored pencils on the tray for children who are ready for tracing work. If you laminate your printable, you can use an erasable crayon like the Melissa & Doug Learning Mat Crayons or Crayola Erasable Crayons. If your page isn’t laminated, you could add a pencil or colored pencils. I often do that. If you only have a 2-year-old or other young preschooler who’s not ready to write letters, you can just leave off the crayon or pencils.

This do-a-dot printable can be used in a variety of ways, depending on the age and ability of the child. A younger child could just use do-a-dot markers, stickers, or some sort of transfer on the do-a-dot page and focus on the /d/ sound in doctor and /n/ sound in nurse while an older child could build the word with the movable alphabet. I included the letter d sandpaper letter. You could use the font cards from the Montessori-Inspired Medical Worker Pack. I like to introduce children to both print and cursive letters, so often I’ll add the cursive letter to the tray. I don’t use a font card with young toddlers, but it’s great for preschoolers on up.

Scroll down to see lots of ideas for using our do-a-dot printables for a variety of ages and themes.

Doctor Phonemic Awareness Activity and Sticker Work

Concentrating on Her Work with Stethoscope Stickers and Doctor Do-a-Dot Page

Concentrating on Her Work with Stethoscope Stickers and Doctor Do-a-Dot Page

This type of activity is wonderful for fine-motor development, increasing attention span, and reinforcing letter sounds. Sophia really enjoyed the work and was proud of her completed page.

For toddlers, I typically use the do-a-dot printables for vocabulary, hearing the beginning sound of a word, and fine-motor skills. Generally, with toddlers, I’ll just focus on the /d/ sound at the beginning of “doctor” or /n/ sound at the beginning of “nurse.”

For a phonics lesson with young toddlers, I might casually say that doctor starts with /d/ (the sound, not the letter name). This is just to introduce hearing the phonetic sound. I don’t focus on the letter “d,” although I use the printable that we already have available. We often focus on the child hearing the beginning sound by saying something like, “Doctor, /d/, doctor.”

Both of my 2½-year-old grandkids love working with sandpaper letters and learning letter sounds, so we’re doing more focused work on the letter sounds. This is what I do with preschoolers who are learning their letter sounds. We follow the order shown in this post along with adding the featured letter. I don’t worry about going out of order for the monthly theme.

I only use printables with toddlers that can be used for hands-on work, such as do-a-dot work, scissor cutting (cutting strips), or another type of printable that can be made into a manipulative. Printables when used with manipulatives are great for fine-motor development, work on important skills, and fit with the hands-on activities that are developmentally appropriate for toddlers.

If you want to know more about how to introduce the /d/ and /n/ sounds, check out my post on how to teach letter sounds using Montessori principles.

If you would like help with introducing phonetic sounds, introducing objects with sounds, or beginning phonics in general, check out my DIY Beginning Montessori Phonics with Preschoolers.

For older children who already know their letter sounds but still enjoy do-a-dot work, I add the print movable alphabet word building, phonogram work, another hands-on activity to go with the do-a-dot work, and/or cursive movable alphabet and word analysis work. (Note: These examples have more than one type of additional activity, which I like for older children.)

As always, adapt your presentations for your unique child!

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Free Do-a-Dot Printables and Ideas for Using Them

I love the versatility of do-a-dot printables! If you’re doing a month-long theme, you could easily change out the type of do-a-dot activity weekly to add interest. Here are four ideas of hands-on activities for any of our do-a-dot printables from my frog do-a-dot printable post (see post for details and materials used).

Just click on an image to go to the post with the related free printable!

Note: I’ve arranged the following gallery in alphabetical order, although some posts have two do-a-dot printables (and two different letters). You’ll find at least one free do-a-dot printable for each letter of the alphabet!

Also, I don’t introduce letters in alphabetical order. You can find out the order in which I introduce letter sounds here. I deviate from that order for our unit studies, though, and focus on a letter that’s simply related to our unit. That’s in addition to our other letter work.

FREE Alligator Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired instant Download)
FREE Amphibians Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Ant Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Downlad)
FREE Apple Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Bat and Vampire Bat Do-a-Dot Printables
FREE Bear Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Bell Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Birds Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
LMN - FREE Brain Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Butterfly Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Car Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Constellations Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
https://livingmontessorinow.com/free-construction-do-a-dot-phonics-printable-montessori-inspired-instant-download/
Free Cricket and Katydid Do-a-Dot Printables
FREE Crocodile Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Decorate Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable
FREE Dentist Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Dinosaur Do-a-Dot Printable  (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Doctor and Nurse Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Make Way for Ducklings Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Duster Do-a-Dot Phonics Printabe (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Egg Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Endangered Animals Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download)
FREE E for Excited Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download)
FREE Fall Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Family Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Farm Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Fire Truck Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Fish Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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FREE Frog Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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FREE Globe Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Golfer Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Gratitude Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download
FREE Great Horned Owl Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Heart and Valentine Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Downlooads)
FREE H for Help Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Honeybee Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Igloo Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Indigo Snake Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Jet Do-a-Dot Phonics Printabable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Kindness Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Ladybug Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Lamb Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Leafhopper Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Loris Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Magnet Do-a-D Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Mammals Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Months and Seasons Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download)
FREE Moon Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Multicultural Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Nest Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Nose Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Octopus Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Panda Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Peace Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Penguin Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Polar Bear Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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FREE Rock and Quartzite Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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FREE Recycling Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-inspired Instant Download)
FREE Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download)
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FREE R for Run Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Seashell Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Sled Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Snail Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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FREE Turtle Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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FREE Vegetables Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Volcano Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Warbler and Yellow Warbler Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant doan)
FREE Weather Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Winter Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download
FREE Winter Sports Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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FREE Y for Year Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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You can see all our free do-a-dot printables with the latest at the top here.

For complete themed alphabet do-a-dot packs, see our Animal Alphabet Do-a-Dot Pack, Spanish Animal Alphabet Do-a-Dot Pack, and Healthy Food Alphabet Do-a-Dot Pack available for purchase in the Living Montessori Now shop.

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