Writing & Reading Ruler – Literacy Support Tool

Description

The reading and writing ruler is designed to help children with both the writing and reading skills. This can be particularly challenging as children need to develop both skills almost simultaneously.
Writing:
When children start learn to write, they don’t leave spaces between words. The pattern has a finger designed in the correct thickness, corresponding to the thickness of the child’s finger. Children place this finger at the end of each word they write, so they visually estimate the space that should be left between words. Gradually and as children acquire this skill, they will eliminate the need for a ruler.

Reading:
When children are asked to read in paragraphs if they do not place their finger where they are reading, they usually lose track and have difficulty locating it. The ruler when turned with the finger down is a helpful tool so that they don’t lose the point where they were reading.

Use it with the Movable Alphabet and the Montessori Mat.