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Montessori mathematics – Short Bead Frame

Bilyana 09/05/2017 0

A wooden frame with four wires on each of which are 10 beads:A. The beads on the first right wire are green and represent Units.B. The beads on the second wire are blue and represent Tens.C. The beads on the third wire are red and represent Hundreds.D. The beads on the left, the fourth wire are green and represent Thousands.Purpose.Direct- To show the relationship between categories of the decimal system.- To clarify position and place value. This helps addition and subtraction.Control of ErrorThe child’s ability and the colored lines o...

Montessori Sensorial Material- Cylinder Blocks

Bilyana 27/03/2017 0

“What the eye sees and the hand feels”Sizes and Shapes – Cylinder BlocksFour plainly varnished wooden blocks, each contains ten wooden cylinders in different sizes. Each cylinder varies by 5 millimeters from the one next to in size. Block 1. The cylinder increase in height and diameter from the shortest to the tallest. The shortest cylinder is 10mm or 1cm high and 10mm or 1 cm in diameter; the tallest is 55 mm high and 55 mm in diameter. Block 2. The cylinder decreases in height and increase in diameter from the tallest to the shortest. The tallest cylinder is 55 mm high and 10 mm in diam...

Montessori Infant toy- Object Permanence

Tyler 21/11/2016 0

Have you ever played peekaboo with an infant or toddler? I love to hear that gurgle of laughter every time the person hiding appears. Why does this game appeal so much to young children? Adults know that when someone ducks out of view does, he has not disappeared forever, but for the young child, it truly is a case of “out of sight, out of mind.” When something is gone from sight, it no longer exists for the child.Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget believed that the development of object permanence, or the ability to understand that objects exist even when not seen, is one of an infant’s primary...

Why Montessori Works

Tyler 27/05/2016 0

Montessori Education is both a philosophy of child development and a rationale for quality in that development. The special method, named for the Italian physician Maria Montessori, stresses the importance of the development of a healthy self-concept. Education, she believed, is a preparation for life, not merely a search for intellectual skills. The child has one intuitive aim – his self development. He desperately wants to develop his inner resources and his ability to cope with a strange, complex world. The child who accomplishes this moves into harmony with his world and becomes a full per...

Montessori Sensorial Materials - Long Red Rods

Tyler 17/05/2016 0

Materials: Long Red Rods – ten solid wooden rods are constant in height and width (2.5 cm), while increasing in length in equal units from 10 cm (short) to 1 meter (long) Age: 2.5 - 5 yearsPurpose: Provide the child with a concept of "big" and "small." Understanding of mathematical concepts in the decimal system, geometry, and volume Coordination of movement Perfection of hand movements Preparation for mathematics Presentation: Show the child how to carry each rod to the mat o...

Montessori Sensorial Materials - The Pink Tower

Tyler 16/05/2016 0

Materials: The pink tower has ten pink cubes of different sizes, from 1 cm3 to 10 cm3 in increments of 1 cm. Age: 2.5 - 5 yearsPurpose: Provide the child with a concept of "big" and "small." Understanding of mathematical concepts in the decimal system, geometry, and volume Coordination of movement Perfection of hand movements Preparation for mathematics Presentation: Start off by showing the child how to carry the cubes (two or three at a time) and place them at random on the ma...