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diyBaric
September 19, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

DIY baric tablets

Recommended Age: 3-4 years    Purpose: To refine the child’s baric sense   Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must facilitate this exercise for the first time, once the child has been shown they may revisit the exercise independently    Prerequisites  None  Baric tablets template   Materials  7 pieces of rectangular plain paper (see PDF template for size)  7 […]

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diytouchboards
September 19, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

DIY touch boards 

Recommended Age: 3 years and onwards    Purpose: To refine the child’s tactile sense and for the child to acquire better muscular control through lightness of touch    Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must make the touch boards and then present the exercise to the child    Prerequisites  None    Materials  Touch boards PDF  Sand  Craft Glue    Preparation  Print […]

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GeoShapes
September 19, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Making geometric solids with playdough 

Recommended Age: 3 years and onwards    Purpose: To help the child become aware of the solid shapes that surround them  Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must help the child to make the playdough, then provide the language for the geometric forms, modelling how to create them with the playdough    Prerequisites  The child must have some knowledge […]

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trinomial
September 19, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Trinomial cube 

Recommended Age: The child works with the trinomial cube after mastering the binomial cube, around 4 years    Purpose: The trinomial cube indirectly introduces the child to algebra  Level of Parent Involvement: Low, the adult must model how to build the cube, then the child may work independently    Prerequisites  The child has worked with the dimensional equipment in […]

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BroadStairCentered_400x
September 19, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

The Brown Stair 

 Recommended Age: 2 and ½ to 3 and ½ years    Purpose: Visual discrimination of dimensions (thickness)    Level of Parent Involvement: Low, once modelled the child may work independently    Prerequisites  None    Materials  The paper version of the Brown Stair (refer resource pack)  The real material consists of:  Ten wooden, brown prisms which all have the […]

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pinktower
September 19, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

The Pink Tower 

Recommended Age: 2 and ½ to 3 and ½ years    Purpose: For the child to visually discriminate differences in 2 dimensions (length and width) (note; when the child works with The Pink Tower in a Montessori classroom, the real material requires the child to discriminate 3 dimensions, length, width and weight)    Level of Parent Involvement: Low, once modelled the child […]

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GradedGeometric
August 22, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Graded Geometric Figures 

Recommended Age: 4 years    Purpose: To further the child’s experience with shapes.  Level of Parent Involvement: Low, this exercise requires the adult to introduce the material then the child may work independently creating designs.    Prerequisites  The child has previously worked with the dimensional equipment in the sensorial area (Pink Tower, Brown Stair, Red Rods)  The child […]

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ConstructiveTriangles
August 14, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Constructive triangles (Box 1) 

In Class Presentation    Recommended Age: 4 years    Purpose: To show the child that by joining together different triangles, 4 sided figures are formed and to prepare the child for later work in geometry.  Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during the initial presentation then low once the child has been shown and can work independently. The adult must also […]

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ConstructiveTriangles
August 14, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

 Constructive triangles box 3 (Triangular box) 

In Class Presentation Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards    Purpose: To show the child that equilateral triangles can be subdivided into other types of triangles and preparation for later work in geometry.    Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during the initial presentation then low once the child has been shown and can work independently. The adult must […]

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sen_colourtabs copy
August 14, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Colour box 2 

 In Class Presentation   Recommended Age: 3 years    Purpose: To provide the child with the key to orient himself in the world of colour and development of the child’s chromatic sensitivity.    Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present the exercise for the first time, once shown the child may work independently.    Prerequisites  The […]

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NWM_sensorial_colour2
August 14, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Colour box 3 

 Presentation   Recommended Age: 3 and ½ to 4 and ½ years    Purpose: For the child to visually discriminate shades of the same colour from darkest to lightest.  Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present the initial exercise, once the child has been shown they may work independently.    Prerequisites  The child must be able […]

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sen_redrods copy
August 14, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Red Rods 

Red Rods Overview:   Recommended Age: 3 to 4 years    Purpose: Visual discrimination of dimensions (length) and muscular memory of length    Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must present the exercise to the child for the first time, once shown the child may work independently    Prerequisites  None    Materials  The paper red rods from the […]

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ConstructiveTriangles
August 13, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Constructive triangles box 5 (small hexagonal box)

Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards  Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during the initial presentation then low once the child has been shown and can work independently. The adult must also make the materials prior to the presentation.    Prerequisites  The child must have worked with the first 4 sets of constructive triangles and should be able to […]

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ConstructiveTriangles
August 13, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Constructive triangles box 4 (Large hexagonal box)

Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards  Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during the initial presentation then low once the child has been shown and can work independently. The adult must also make the materials prior to the presentation.    Prerequisites  The child must have worked with the first 3 sets of constructive triangles and should be able […]

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ConstructiveTriangles
August 3, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Constructive triangles box 3 (Triangular box) 

Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards  Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during the initial presentation then low once the child has been shown and can work independently. The adult must also make the materials prior to the presentation.    Prerequisites  The child should have worked with the first and second sets of constructive triangles and be able […]

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ConstructiveTriangles
August 3, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Constructive triangles box 2 (second rectangular box) 

Recommended Age: 4 years and onwards  Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during the initial presentation then low once the child has been shown and can work independently. The adult must also make the materials prior to the presentation.    Prerequisites: The child must have worked with the first box of constructive triangles and should be able to name […]

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ConstructiveTriangles
August 3, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Constructive Triangles 

Recommended Age: 4 years  Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during the initial presentation then low once the child has been shown and can work independently. The adult must also make the materials prior to the presentation.    Prerequisites  The child must have had experiences working with the geometry cabinet, specifically the child should have knowledge of the […]

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beansorting
August 3, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Sorting

Recommended Age: 3 years and onwards Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, the adult must facilitate the first presentation, then low once the child has been shown they may work independently   Prerequisites None   Materials * For each exercise, it is necessary to have a tray, identical containers for each kind of object and a […]

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identifysolids
July 20, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Identifying geometric solids through touch 

Recommended Age: 3 to 4 years  Level of Parent Involvement: Medium, this exercise requires the adult to facilitate the game, once the child has been shown they may be able to play the game independently with an older sibling or another family member    Prerequisites  The child must be able to name all geometric solids from the previous […]

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Basket-with-Geometric-Shapes
July 20, 2002  |  By Northwest Montessori  |  In Sensorial

Environment game with geometric forms

Recommended Age: 2 and ½ to 5 years Level of Parent Involvement: Medium during initial presentation, low once the child has been shown and can work independently   Prerequisites The child must have some knowledge of the basic 2-dimensional shapes such as triangle, square, circle, rectangle etc (in a Montessori environment the child would have […]

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