These tracing stamps create dotted line versions of the lowercase letter a fun way for children to practice proper letter formation at home. Lowercase Alphabet Tracing Stamps contains 26 lowercase letters and eight punctuation stamps made of durable plastic and rubber. Easy-to-hold stamps store in a clear, sectioned plastic case.

Age: 3-11
Specifications: Stamps measure 1.25" x 1.25".
UPC: 765023806618
CShopper ID: LER0661

 

Development Skills:

• Creativity
• Beginning Spelling
• Fine Motor
• Sequencing
• Pincer Grasp
• Visual Tracking
• Visual Processing
• Eye-Hand Coordination
• Letter Recognition and Identification
• Finger and Hand Control and Dexterity
• Early Literacy

Special Needs Applications - Key Features and Benefits

Cognitive:
 

• A motivating way to encourage comprehension of written letters and to learn to write letters.
• Conducive to pictures using the stamps as the design shapes so children practice manual skills and develop early literacy.
• Inherently fun, providing the motivation necessary to play and conducive to repetition. The repetition of play will help a child retain the skills being learned.
• Provides ability to learn critical information, such as names, addresses, etc. while playing with stamps. Through repetition children retain and recall this information.
• Use of these stamps can assist in ABAB patterning and early literacy.
• Creative so children can make ômini flashcards to use as they teach their dolls and practice the fundamental skills of learning to read and write.

Communicative:
 

• Early literacy can be enhanced through ABAB stamp patterns. The drills are reinforced through tracing over the stamped letters. As children create patterns, they gain confidence in communication through written words.
• Contains enough stamps in the set that children can parallel play and advance to cooperative play.
• Assists in learning written communication skills stamp out name or what they want if unable to say it due to disability.
• Put the stamps just out of reach so a child has to learn to formulate a question and verbally ask for a stamp. This can help children who are working on heightening their communication skills to become more adept at cognitively processing the sequence of steps necessary to get to their goal.
• Can be used as a communication alphabet board so children can stamp out what they are thinking if unable to verbally state it.

Physical:
 

• The height of each stamp is good for children with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy. Stamps are used to spell a word since a pencil requires a higher dexterity level.
• Can use this as a communication alphabet board so children can stamp out what they are thinking if unable to verbally state it due to disability or demeanor.
• Through tracing, children sharpen their eye-hand coordination as well as their ability to hold and work toward functionally using a pencil.

Sensory:
 

• Makes an abstract concept more concrete for children and provides a tangible way to learn a cognitive skill.
• Allows children who are hearing impaired and rely on alternative communication, to communicate with their hearing peers who may not know sign language.

Prepared By: National Lekotek Center