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Unlock Your Child’s Motor Skills with a Fun Montessori Activity: Sorting
As parents, we all want our children to grow and develop in the best possible way. We want to provide them with the tools and activities that will help them reach their full potential. One of the most important aspects of a child’s development is their motor skills. These skills are crucial for their physical growth and their ability to explore and interact with the world around them. In this blog post, we will introduce you to a fun Montessori activity that can help unlock your child’s motor skills: Sorting.
Sorting
Suitable Age: 2 1/2+
Materials:
- 1 Medium container containing 3 – 5 types of items to sort (ex. soybean, great northern beans, pinto beans, kidney beans, and black beans)
- 3 – 5 Small containers or bowls
- 1 tray
Direct Aim:
- For a child to be able to sort numerous items independently
Indirect Aim:
- Hand-eye coordination
- Concentration
- Refining the muscles in the hand
- Independence
- Gross motor skills
- to develop observation skills
Presentation/ Child instruction:
- Reach for an item from the center of the dish, examine it, and slowly place the item in a section of the divided dish. The idea is to place each different item from the center section into a different section of the dish, matching all the same items and placing them into the same section.
- After approx, the third item has been sorted, invite the child to try it.
- Once the activity has been completed, invite the child to help place the items back in their original place in the center dish.
- Once the activity has been arranged back to its original condition, the child may be given the opportunity to try the activity again.
Point of interest:
The colors/sizes of items to be sorted
Control of Error:
- Unable to sort the items
- Excessive noise
- Messy work area
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