Maria Montessori emphasized the importance of a prepared environment and, to develop the children’s concentration, materials must be placed on the shelves that will greatly attract the children’s attention. Toddlers love to explore their world by using their senses of touch, taste, smell, and sight. Repetition of the task further develops concentration and new skills. This week the children have been exploring vegetables and fruits, insects and spiders, puzzles, and new practical life jobs.
Concentrating on cutting cauliflower.
Discriminating the different sizes of the carrots from smallest to biggest.
Creepy Crawlies!
Concentrating on cutting some purple playdough.
Transferring the colored balls from one bowl to another with focus!
Concentrating on washing the baby and getting her all clean!
Concentrating on putting my job neatly away.
Matching fruits and vegetables.
Working with the farm!
We love animal jobs!
Concentration!
Concentrating on color matching!
Concentrating and building fine motor skills.
Working on getting my hands clean!
Matching the animal to the correct animal name card.
Experiencing hands-on farm work!
Focusing on fine motor skills.
Concentration!
Creating with imagination!
One-to-one correspondence. Eye-hand coordination. Concentration.
Have fun building with Legos!
Movement and Music!
German with Ms. Carmen and Cocoa!
” We can only be guided by facts. In the case of the small child, we find that no child can concentrate on one object for a long time unless the object itself spontaneously attracts the child’s attention. ” Maria Montessori