Sensor 2. The Pink Tower

Shu-Chen Yen's On-Line Montessori Albums

SENSORIAL-MOTOR ALBUM

2. THE PINK TOWER

MATERIAL:

The pink cubes. The first one is one cubic centimeter in size and they increase regularly in size to the last one which is ten cubic centimeters in size.

PRESENTATION:

1. Bring the material to the rug. (let the child carry them )

2. Take the largest one and put it in front of the child.

3. Take the second largest cube and put it on the previous one.

4. Continue doing the same with rest of cubes.

5. Take the tower apart and let the child do it.

POINT OF INTEREST:

The moment in which the tower is completed.

CONTROL OF ERROR:

Visual disharmony.

DIRECT AIM:

Development of visual discrimination of dimension.

INDIRECT AIM:

Preparation for mathematics; the decimal system.

AGE:

2-1/2 years.

LANGUAGE:

Small, large, smaller, larger, smallest, largest.

EXTENSION:

Bring Brown Stairs to build 2 different towers.

GAMES:

1. "Where is one missing?"--let the child close eyes and to find which one have been take out.

2. "Where is one go?"--let one close eyes; take out one cube, then show him the cube and let him find out where the cube should go.

3. "Who has the next one?"--for 3 to 5 persons to play, to see how can they build a tower.

4. Let child hide the cubes in the classroom and then try to find these cubes to build the tower.

NOTE:

For mental retard children, put the cubes in horizontal way for children to do it easily. When the child get the point, then begin to build the tower.