![]() A child is born into the world capable and she places a great deal of value and respect on the child’s ability to drive his learning and development. This idea was the basis of her child development theory. It gives the child further practice in finding specific amounts. Maria Montessori wrote extensively about the Absorbent Mind and within this concept, she describes an approach called concrete to abstract. This a fun activity that children generally enjoy. The directress will give one child a certain number of beads on a tray, the child will then be asked to go and fetch the corresponding number card from the ‘banker’. This Montessori Math activity is done in groups. This activity helps the child associate the ‘concrete’ amount with the correct numerals. An example of this activity is as follows: the number card nine will have nine-unit beads to the right of the card, and the number card 50 will have five-ten bead-bars to the right of the card, etc. ![]() In this Montessori Math activity, the directress will show the child how to match the correct ‘concrete’ number (Golden Beads). The Montessori stamp set can be introduced to boys and girls as young as 4 or 5 years old, and can be used by children through to 6 even 12 years old. This activity is more difficult, as the child will be working with more abstract materials (number cards). ![]() Maria Montessori originally created the stamp game using postage stamps. The set includes the tiles numbered 1, 10 and 100, and tiles numbered 1000. This activity is very similar to the ‘Bring me game with the Golden Beads’, this one differs as the child will be encouraged to bring the directress the Large Number Cards instead. The Stamp Game consists of a wooden box with lid and compartments containing green, blue and red numbered wooden tiles, wooden skittles and counters. Bring me game with the Large Number Cards ![]()
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