| ACTIVITY: |
Montessori Thermic Tablets
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| MATERIALS: |
A box divided into four sections containing two tablets each made of felt, wood, steel and slate. |
| OBJECTIVES: |
To help awaken the child’s sense of time.
To give the child a sense of the cosmic approach.
The child is able to see the succession of days
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| CONTROL OF ERROR: |
The days are torn off.
The child sees the calendar getting “thinner” throughout the year.
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| AGE: |
4 – 6 years approx. [DAP isPaidUser=”Y” errMsgTemplate=”LONG”] |
| PRESENTATION: |
Presentation 1
- The Directress sits beside the child. First, she arranges the tablet into columns.
- The first set is placed in a column on the left side, which we shall called it Side A.
- The other set is placed on the right hand side, called Side B.
- The Directress then shows the child how to do the pairing exercise.
- She places her left hand on the first piece of tablet on side A and feels the temperature. [/DAP]
- While keeping her left hand remaining on the piece of tablet, she uses her right hand to feel the tablets on side B, one at a time to find the matching piece of tablet.
- The matched tablets are then placed together side by side in the middle between the two columns of tablets.
- The Directress continues in this manner until all the tablets are matched.
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