Maori Alphabet Playdough Mats

Make letter formation hands-on, playful, and meaningful with these Māori Alphabet Playdough Mats for junior classrooms, bilingual settings, Māori immersion, and homeschool learning.

These printable mats give tamariki a tactile way to practise the Māori alphabet using playdough, tracing, and visual letter formation. Each mat includes clear formation arrows to support early handwriting skills while keeping the activity low-pressure and engaging.

This resource is especially useful when you want alphabet work that reflects Aotearoa classrooms instead of relying on generic English alphabet worksheets.

What’s included:

• Māori alphabet playdough mats
• Uppercase and lowercase letters
• ng and wh included as part of the Māori alphabet
• Letter formation arrows
• Plain background version
• Full-colour blue water background version
• 30 printable pages

Use these mats for literacy centres, fine motor work, handwriting warm-ups, te reo Māori learning, morning tubs, or independent shelf work.

Created by a New Zealand Montessori teacher, this resource is designed to be practical, culturally relevant, and easy to use straight away.

Please note: This is a downloadable PDF resource. No physical product will be shipped.

This is a Downloadable resource.