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Free Tarantula and Spider Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Downloads)

September 16, 2016 By Deb Chitwood 4 Comments

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Spiders are a high-interest theme at any time of year. They can be a good theme for children who are frightened of spiders, and they can be a good theme for spider lovers. They fit well with a study of animals … perfect for differentiating between arachnids and insects. And they’re an especially good theme for Halloween.

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Montessori-Inspired Printables at Living Montessori Now

My daughter, Chrissy Chitwood (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. If you look at the credits pages, you’ll notice the tarantula is a Mexican redknee tarantula, and the spider is a jumping spider. Yes, a tarantula is a spider, too, but we gave it a separate printable because it’s so distinctive (and perfect for Halloween)!
  • 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 Tarantula Do-a-Dot Printable for the Letter T and Free Spider Do-a-Dot Printable for the Letter S

Free Tarantula and Spider Do-a-Dot Printables

To download tarantula 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).

To download spider 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 Tarantula and Spider Do-a-Dot Printables

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

Tarantula Do-a-Dot Letter T Tray with Glass Gems and Strawberry Huller

Tarantula Do-a-Dot Tray with Glass Gems and Strawberry Huller

Tarantula Do-a-Dot Tray with Glass Gems and Strawberry Huller

Glass gems are always popular with preschoolers. This is a fun activity for tarantula lovers, but it’s also a fun Halloween activity. That’s why I chose the Mexican redknee tarantula with its coloring that’s perfect for Halloween.

I used a Multicraft tray with orange glass gems (to continue the Halloween theme) and a strawberry huller for an added fine-motor activity. A Bambu large condiment cup holds the gems.

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.

Spider Do-a-Dot Letter S Tray with Glass Gems and Strawberry Huller

Spider Do-a-Dot Tray with Glass Gems and Strawberry Huller

Spider Do-a-Dot Tray with Glass Gems and Strawberry Huller

Using a Strawberry Huller to Place Glass Gems on Spider Do-a-Dot Page

Using a Strawberry Huller to Place Glass Gems on Spider Do-a-Dot Page

Zoey’s a bit apprehensive about spiders, but she had fun using a strawberry huller to place black glass gems on the dots.

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

More Spider Posts

Free Spider Printables and Montessori-Inspired Spider Math Activities

Free Spider Printables and Montessori-Inspired Spider Math Activities

Free Spider Printables and Montessori-Inspired Spider Activities

Free Spider Printables and Montessori-Inspired Spider Activities


Free Halloween Unit Study

  • Spooky Footprint Haunted House Craft from Play Dough & Popsicles
  • Halloween Number Game from Adventures of Adam
  • Halloween Tree | A Fall Nature Craft for Kids from FrogMom
  • Halloween Movies Not Scary from iGameMom
  • Monster Learning Activities for Halloween from Books and Giggles
  • Halloween Board Books from The Jenny Evolution
  • Free Tarantula and Spider Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Downloads) from Living Montessori Now
  • Halloween Preschool Printables from Living life and learning
  • Gross and Jiggly Halloween Jello Worms: A STEM Activity for Kids from Schooling a Monkey
  • Halloween Phonics Worksheet -Color by Letter from Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading
  • Pumpkin fairy house from The Usual Mayhem

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  • Montessori-Inspired Halloween Activities
  • Montessori-Inspired Skeleton Activities
  • Free Spider Printables and Montessori-Inspired Spider Activities
  • 20 Pumpkin Phonics Activities
  • Free Halloween Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time
  • Halloween Activities for Montessori-Inspired Themes and Parties
  • Montessori-Inspired Pumpkin Hammering for Toddlers
  • 20+ Pumpkin Hammering Activities for Preschoolers
  • Free Skeleton Printables and Montessori-Inspired Skeleton Activities
  • Free Spider Printables and Montessori-inspired Spider Math Activities
  • Free Tarantula and Spider Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Downloads)
  • Free Spiderweb Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
  • Yummy Gluten-Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
  • Montessori Pumpkin Scrubbing for Toddlers and Preschoolers
  • Delicious and Nutritious Vegan, Gluten-Free Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Pie Squares
  • Simple Fun with Pumpkins and Pumpkin Seeds for Toddlers and Preschoolers
  • Hands-on Fun with Montessori-Inspired Human Skeleton Activities
  • How to Participate in the Teal Pumpkin Project with Non-Food Treats
  • Non-Scary Montessori Halloween Printables for Preschool Through Elementary
  • Free Bat Printables and Montessori-Inspired Bat Activities
  • Free Bat and Vampire Bat Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
  • Free Bat Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
  • Kids’ Halloween Activities Pinterest Board

Montessori-Inspired Packs – Subscriber Freebies

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Don’t miss our themed monthly packs! You’ll get  the link and password for the Living Montessori Now subscriber library with the current pack and all the past monthly packs if you subscribe to the Living Montessori Now weekly newsletter!

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.

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)
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 Fossils and Imprint Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download)
FREE Frog Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Fruit Rainbow Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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 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)
FREE King and Queen Do-a-Dot  Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download
FREE Rock and Quartzite Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
Free Rabbit and Kitten Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download)
FREE Raccoon Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Recycling Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-inspired Instant Download)
FREE Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download)
FREE Resilience Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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)
FREE Snowman Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE St. Patrick's Day Hat Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Phonics instant Download)
FREE Sun Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Tarantua and Spider Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Instant Downloads)
https://livingmontessorinow.com/free-tree-do-a-dot-printable-montessori-inspired-instant-download/
FREE Turtle Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Umbrella Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
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)
FREE Fox Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Y for Year Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Yoga Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
FREE Zoo Animal Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)

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

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  1. Adventures of Adam says

    September 16, 2016 at 6:27 am

    Love the different varieties you have available.

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  2. PrimaryLearning says

    October 13, 2016 at 12:02 pm

    You do a dot pages are great! Thank you for sharing.

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