A Sweet Intro

This blog is dedicated to our darling boy, born prematurely at 29 weeks and miraculously survived all odds during his 57 days in the ICU. We named him Reagan, which means our "Little King", strong and brave enough to fight any battles. He is also our little king whom we worship with a lifetime of our love and kisses. Baby Reagan continues to amaze us with his awesome strength, big personality, joyful laughter and lovely smiles. This is where we share both our learning journeys and all the fun bonding time together.

Feb 13, 2014

Montessori Sensorial Materials

The purpose of Montessori sensorial activities is to
-teach concepts of comparing and contrasting.
-aware of concepts of size, color, weight, quantity etc
-sharpen visual perception and comprehend abstract objects.

1) Pink Tower

consist of 10 pink cubes of different sizes and diameters. The child is supposed to build up a tower with the cubes starting from the largest to the smallest one. This activity encourage hand-eye coordination by preventing the tower from falling. It also helps the child to develop better perception in 3 dimension objects.

It took my 20 mths old boy around 5 tries before he could stack up all the cubes by himself
 To side-track a little, when Reagan saw me trying to take his picture with my camera, he paused, stared at me a while, then suddenly did his signature "cute cute face" pose ! Whahahha my boy is so ADORABLE!

 2) Knobbed Cylinders

consists of 4 blocks of cylinders different in size, height, depth and diameter. It can Improve fingers motor skill by handling the knobs of the cylinders and encourage them to observe the different variations for later Math that involve comparison and seriation.
 

 3) Brown Stairs

consist of 10 brown wooden Prisms ,all of the same length but with different height and breadth.This activity helps to develop visual perception of dimension and understand the relationships between prisms. It also sets a foundation for later geometry and unit differences in Math.
 Reagan counting the steps he builds

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