Penguins make a great winter theme, and kids love them. Today, I have a free penguin do-a-dot printable for you. The printable uses a real penguin image and is an instant download. It’s super easy to download and use!
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 name of the object or animal featured. On the credits page, you’ll see that the penguin used in this do-a-dot printable is a Humboldt penguin.
- 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 Penguin Do-a-Dot Printable for the Letter P
To download the penguin 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 Penguin Do-a-Dot Printable
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Penguin Letter P Do-a-Dot Printable and Glass Gem Transfer
Penguin Letter P Do-a-Dot Printable and Glass Gem Transfer
I used a Montessori Services large plastic tray and black glass gems for a transfer activity using hands only. Quick sticks, toast tongs, or almost any type of tongs works very well for a glass gem transfer, too. For interest, I also added a Humboldt penguin from the Safari Ltd. Penguin TOOB. (Note: The free Penguin TOOB key is very helpful if you’re wanting to identify the various penguins.)
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. For a 2-year-old or other young preschooler who’s not ready to write letters, you can just leave off the crayons.
Penguin Do-a-Dot Tray
Adding Glass Gems to the Penguin Do-a-Dot Printable
I like the vary the type of do-a-dot activity from month to month. Zoey typically enjoys them all.
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.
More Penguin Posts
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Free Penguin Printables and Montessori-Inspired Penguin Activities
Montessori-Inspired Continent Activities – Penguins of Antarctica
Montessori-Inspired Multi-Level Penguin Activities
Montessori-Inspired Arctic and Antarctic Unit
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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.
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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