NAME OF MONTESSORI ACTIVITY | The Montessori Loop Beading Activity for Infants |
AREA | Sensorial |
AGE | 1 – 3 Years |
MATERIALS | Loop Shaped Breakfast Cereal (or pasta) Work Mat. Wooden Skewer Sticks with Blunt Ends  |
DIRECT AIM | Developing Fine Motor Skills |
INDIRECT AIM | Fine motor co-ordination, control of movements, concentration. |
PRESENTATION | - Assist the infant to fetch a work mat and place it on the floor.
- Assist the infant to fetch the activity tray from the Montessori Cabinet
- Sit on opposite side of the mat to the infant
- Remove a handful of cereal from the box and place it in a small bowl on the matt next to the infant.
- Hold up a skewer stick in the infant’s natural line of vision and pause momentarily when you have the child’s attention, then place a single loop onto the stick.
- Now hold the skewer in front of the infant and allow them to follow your example. [DAP hasAccessTo=”11,21,22,23″ errMsgTemplate=”LONG”]
- As the infant improves in confidence place the skewer stick and the bowl of cereal on the work mat in front of the infant so that he can do it unassisted.
- When the infant has ceased to be interested in the activity, assist the infant to place the activity tray back in the Montessori Cabinet
- As the infant progresses over time with this activity, you can assist less and less and eventually he will be able to perform all the tasks above unassisted.
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CONTROL OF ERROR | The loop does not go onto the Skewer |
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