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FREE Peace Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)

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Peace is such an important focus of Montessori education that I have not one but four free peace do-a-dot printables for you today! These are an instant download, super easy to download and prepare.

Montessori-Inspired Printables at Living Montessori Now

My daughter, Christina (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, I’m sharing 4 free do-a-dot printables! These are all important peace symbols: the peace dove, the peace crane, the peace rose, and the peace sign.
  • 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 Peace Do-a-Dot Printables 

Free Peace Do-a-Dot Printables

Free Peace Do-a-Dot Printables

To download the peace do-a-dot printable, 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 Peace Dove Do-a-Dot Printable

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Tray with Peace Dove Do-a-Dot Printable and Miniature Doves 

Tray with P for Peace Dove Do-a-Dot Printable and Miniature Doves

Tray with P for Peace Dove Do-a-Dot Printable and Miniature Doves

Note: This is just one example of how you can use the do-a-dot printables. There are many ways to use our do-a-dot printables. Scroll down to see examples from previous posts. Just choose an activity that’s appropriate for your child’s age and skill level.

I used a Multicraft tray and 27 miniature doves. These were extras from the DIY dove cards and counters I had prepared before.

You could have a variety of transfer activities with do-a-dot printable, using tools such as sugar tongs, toast tong,  or even chopsticks for a very advanced transfer activity. Or you could have a totally different type of do-a-dot activity. See ideas below. Just choose what is best for your child’s skill level and interests.

You could add a tracing activity to the printable. 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 pencil. I often do that. For a 2-year-old or other young preschooler who’s not ready to write letters, you can just leave off the crayon or pencil.

Peace Movable Alphabet Word Building, Handwriting Practice, and Fine-Motor Work with Miniature Doves

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 or some sort of transfer on the do-a-dot page and focus on the /p/ sound, while an older child could trace the letters, study the phonogram “ea” and/or “ce” and build the word or words with the Montessori movable alphabet.

If you want to know how to introduce the letter sound for p, check out my post on how to teach letter sounds using Montessori principles.

For a child who’s ready for (or already using) the movable alphabet, you could have the child build the word first. My 5-year-old granddaughter, Zoey, likes to use the movable alphabet to build the word. (We use the small movable alphabet. I have the movable alphabet from Alison’s Montessori, which I love. You can also get a movable alphabet from Amazon or make your own.)

Before building the words, we reviewed the “ea” phonogram and “ce” at the end of a word as in “peace.” I taught “dove” as a sight word. Then Zoey traced the words with red and blue colored pencils. After that, Zoey used the movable alphabet to build the  words “peace dove.”

You could use a tool to transfer the miniature doves, but Zoey preferred to just use her fingers, which is fine, too. She loves the miniature doves and wanted to focus on the doves landing on the letter p!


More Peace and Mindfulness Resources and Activities

I’m including mindfulness resources in our peace unit. They’re helpful in peace education because peace within is a first step toward spreading peace. Free Peace Printables and Montessori-Inspired Peace Activities

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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). 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.

You can see all our free do-a-dot printables with the latest at the top here.

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