FREE Nose Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)

I’ve loved adding some new printables to our senses activities. This free nose do-a-dot printable is perfect for senses work, an “all about me” theme, or phonics activities. As usual, the printable is an instant download and super easy to prepare!

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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.
• 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 Nose Do-a-Dot Phonics Printable

To download the /n/ for nose do-a-dot phonics 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).

N for Nose Do-a-Dot Printable and Tray with Materials for Making Scented Stickers

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 ¾” color coding dots. I used organic essential oils to make scented stickers with Q-tips for spreading the oil on each dot without touching the oil. I included the “s” font card from our Montessori-Inspired Senses Pack. At other times, I’ll have a variety of transfer activities with do-a-dot printables, using tools such as quick sticks, sugar tongs, or toast tong. 

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 make do-a-dot scented stickers and focus on the /n/ sound in nose while an older child could focus on silent e in nose and build the word with the movable alphabet. 

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 pencils. 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 pencils.

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

/N/ for Nose Phonics Activity and Scented Sticker Work

This type of activity is wonderful for fine-motor development, increasing attention span, and reinforcing letter sounds.

My granddaughter Sophia is 3¾ and enjoys working with sandpaper letters and other letter activities. For 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.

Sophia had lots of fun smelling the essential oils and choosing four different scents to use with four colors of dots. To avoid having her touch the undiluted essential oils, I placed a drop of essential on each of the colors she chose. Sophia then used the Q-tips to spread the oil around on each dot.

For children under age 3, 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 /n/ sound at the beginning of “nose.”

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

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 /n/ sound, check out my post on how to teach letter sounds using Montessori principles.

For children who are working on the green language series, this is perfect for o_e work with silent e. For older children who already know their letter sounds but still enjoy do-a-dot work, I often 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.)

More Sensory Resources

• Free Senses Printables and Montessori-Inspired Senses Activities
• Montessori Sensorial Activities
• DIY Montessori Sensorial Materials {Hundreds of Resources}
• Montessori Sensorial Materials I Recommend Buying
• Sensorial Size Extensions
• How to Present the First Montessori Sensorial Materials
• Sensory Bin Posts

Montessori-Inspired Senses Pack for DIY Cards and Counters, Number or Letter Matching, Number or Letter Basket, Bead Bar Work, Hands-on Math Operations, Number or Letter Salt/Sand Writing Tray, Letter Tracing, DIY Movable Alphabet, and Creative Writing (subscriber freebie, so just sign up for my newsletter to get the link and password – or check your inbox if you’re already a subscriber).

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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