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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
