Montessori Sensorial: Knobbed Cylinder Blocks
(Sorry that the pictures turned out so dark.)
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| This is Block A: Same circumference, height is tall to short. |
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Presentation: Put cylinders right in front of the holes they belong in and discuss the hight, the circumference, and the depth of the holes. Put cylinders back in the holes. Take your time analyzing each block and each cylinder (height/depth, circumference, etc). Extension 1: Take cylinders out and place them out of order. Have child place them back where they belong. Order in which they are put back doesn't matter. Extension 2: Take cylinders out and place them out of order. Have child put them back where they belong in the right order (tallest, next tallest, etc, all the way to the shortest). |
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| Block B: Same height, circumference from wide to narrow. Use same Presentations and Extensions as with Block A. |
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| Extension: Use Blocks A and B. Place all cylinders out of order in the middle and put them back where they belong. At this point, order doesn't matter. Another Extension would be to put all cylinders in Block A back where they belong IN ORDER and do the same with Block B afterwards. |
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| Block C: Height goes short to tall and circumference goes from wide to narrow. |
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| Block D: Height goes from tall to short and circumference goes from wide to narrow. |
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| Extensions with Blocks C and D. |
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| Extension: Blocks A, B and C. |
Field Trip: Splash Pad
Pretend Play: Superheroes
Desk Work: Mathematics
Montessori Science (Botany): Parts of a Root
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| Nomenclature Key |
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| Matching Nomenclature Cards |
Montessori Practical Life: Sewing a Button
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| You need: - a mat - an old shirt or piece of fabric - a pair of scissors - thread - a couple of buttons - a needle |
