Games To Support Montessori Learning

Maria Montessori carefully

developed her famous learning materials such as the pink tower and the broad staircase to help

children learn the basic concepts of education via the senses.

You are probably familiar with some of these materials from when you come to see your

child at Friday’s Child Montessori

But what about at home? 

You may or may not have some of the equipment at home for

your child to play with as a way of supporting what they learn at

our early childhood centre. 

It’s not necessary to have your own copies of the sensory

materials to help your child, and you can probably make do with what you already have, or what you can find easily in your

local toy shop.

The games and toys that you can do at home should help your

child explore various dimensions (length, width and height – and probably volume

should be added here) or attributes (shape and colour).

Alternatively, the games should help your child practise their

self-care skills.

So what can you do?

Make your own dressing frames so your child can practise zipping,

buttoning and tying.

Building blocks.

This will help your child explore

the concepts of length and width – and height.  Don’t forget to

crash the tower down at the end of the building.

Play Guess Who (the classic board game with the faces).

This game is very good for

exploring attributes that apply to people (e.g. gender, hair

colour, eye colour).

There are really a lot of games that can support your child’s

learning..

Learn more here:

www.fridayschildmontessori.com