Montessori Resources

Kathryn Louis has several wonderful articles about teaching young children. This one is geared towards teaching children to write using Montessori methods and supplies. She recommends you start at about age 3 with metal insets, then move on to sandpaper letters, and then the moveable alphabet. She has more detail and much more at her website.

Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under Fives by David Gettman
Here is a great link to making sandpaper letters.

These are some great places to buy Montessori items:
Kids Advance Montessori KidsAdvance.com
For Small Hands The Red Letter Alphabet Book
Montessori Outlet

Tot School

Here is a link to a website called Tot School focusing on helping toddlers and preschoolers. There are lots of lapbook ideas.