The Children's House Montessori Daycare

 Threading

Development of eye hand coordination and concentration.

 Rolling  a mat

Purpose
Direct: To enable the child to unroll a mat as a preparation for later working with materials on the floor. Indirect: Coordination of movement, development of muscles, and concentration.

Points of Interests Watching to see that the ends of the mat remain flat as it is rolled.

 

Pouring pasta

Purpose

Direct: To assist the child in developing the skill of pouring.
Indirect: Preparations of the fingers when picking up spilled pasta.

Points of Interests Seeing that all the pasta are transferred.

Spindle box

MATERIAL:  A wooden box with ten compartments numbered 0 to 9 along the back and 45 wooden spindles.

Control of Error

There are 45 spindles. The sum of the numbers 1 to 9 is 45, so there are exactly the right number of spindles for the exercise. If a mistake is made, the child will find that he has either too few or too many spindles when he comes to the last compartment. He can correct his work independently.

PURPOSE:

To see the numerals 0 to 9 in sequence. To associate the corresponding quantities with the numerals. To introduce the concept of zero. With the number rods and tactile numerals, the sequence of numbers was indicated by the segmented rods and the numerals were loose. In this exercise, the sequence of numbers is indicated on the box and the quantities are loose.