Resources
Montessori Resources
S1 Weight Bottles
Description
Match weight bottles in pairs/arrange in increasing or decreasing weight.
Purpose
To develop sense of weight
Buy / DIY Material(s)
S2 Sound Bottles
Description
Match sound bottles in pairs
Purpose
To develop sensitivity of the auditory sense.
Buy / DIY Material(s)
(film bottles with rice / salt / pasta … etc)
S3 Scent Bottles
Description
Match scent bottles in pairs
Purpose
To develop olfactory sense & awareness of different & like smells
Buy / DIY Material(s)
(film bottles with different types of herbs/tea leaves…etc)
S4 Thermal Bottles
Description
Match thermal bottles in pairs
Purpose
To develop tactile sense & distinguish similar & dis-similar temperatures
Buy / DIY Material(s)
(film or spice bottles, add water with different temperature just before play)
S5 Touch & Match
Description
Touch and Match materials with different textures
Purpose
To develop tactile sense
Buy / DIY Material(s)
Brand: Child Friend Wood Toy or Child Friend Wood Toys
S6 Fabric Basket
Description
Match textured fabrics
Purpose
To develop & refine tactile sense
Buy / DIY Material(s)
(pieces of different textured fabrics in pairs)
S7 Rough & Smooth Board
Description
Feel rough & smooth sandpaper
Purpose
To refine tactile sense & develop the light touch necessary to writing
Buy / DIY Material(s)
(Balsa Wood, Cardboard, Sandpaper)
S8 Tower
Description
Build Tower from largest to smallest cubes
Purpose
Develop coordination of movement and visual & tactile perception of dimensions
Buy / DIY Material(s)
(blocks of gradated size)
S9 Puzzle I
Description
Recognition of gradation of colors and different dimensions / tallness
Purpose
Develop hand-eye coordination and dexterity. Recognition of gradation of colors and different dimensions / tallness
Buy / DIY Material(s)
Brands: Plantoys
S10 Puzzle II
Description
Recognition of different shapes / colors / tallness
Purpose
Develop hand-eye coordination and dexterity. Recognition of different shapes / colors / tallness