Material Description: Three boxes each with three compartments; Three sets of equilateral triangles in red, blue and orange, graded with sides measuring from one to ten centimetres Three sets of squares in red, blue and orange, graded with sides measuring from one to ten centimetres Three sets of circles in red, blue and orange, graded …
Notes on using Geometry materials
Geometry The experiences with Geometry are similar to other Sensorial Extensions, aiming to introduce children to different areas of the classroom. The purpose of Geometry in the Children’s House is to allow the Absorbent Mind to gain Experiential and Sensorial exposure to each element and for this to be retained in the Mneme before …
Geometric Solids
Material Description: Different Geometric three dimensional forms including; Sphere, Ovoid, Ellipsoid (Curvilinear solid), Cone, Cylinder (Combination solid) and the Cube, Triangular Prism, Square Prism, Triangular Pyramid, Square Pyramid (Rectilinear solid). These should be displayed on an open tray on a shelf in types of solid. The Curvilinear Forms stay still with the use of …
Geometry Cabinet and Cards
The materials introduce two-dimensional shapes, there are fourteen shapes and variations of these. The third series of cards represents each shape as a thin line, a shape is the space inside the outline. These materials move from the concrete shape which can be held and felt by the fingers as they run along the interior …
Constructive Triangles
The materials of the Constructive Triangles help the child consolidate into her conscious understanding shape, size (dimension) and colours and help her to realise that the triangle has the roles of a constructor, divisor and consequence. The child first needs to be aware of shape and size and familiar with the names presented in the …
Botany Cabinet and Cards
Material Description: A wooden cabinet with three drawers containing wooden frames and insets of leaf forms with a knob in the centre to hold them by and an orange stick for each drawer. Three sets of cards for each figure: one with the complete shape filled, one with a thick outline and one with a …
Algebraic Materials
Binomial Cube Material Description: Wooden cubes and rectangular prisms painted in various colours; the box contains pieces forming a cube (a+b)3and the square of the binomial is painted on it’s lid. A felt mat. Presentation: Bring the box and felt mat to two chowkis, for the first presentation the keep the box on the chowki, …
The Bells and Musical Activities
Bells Material Description: Two series of bells in duplicate from Middle C to High C. One complete set is mounted on brown stands, the other set on white stands are the tones and the sharps and flats on black stands. They stand on a keyboard marked with back and white spaces (corresponding to the keys …
Baric Tablets
Material Description: A box with three compartments, or three different boxes each containing five identical wooden tablets. Each set of tablets is made of a different wood, with it’s own natural colour, so the tablets in it are visually distinct from the ones in other boxes, one set are light in weight, another medium and …
Materials for Dimension
Cylinder Blocks Material Description: Four wooden blocks containing ten cylinders of different sizes, with knobs, each fitting into it’s respective hole. Block A: Each cylinder has the same diameter, they decrease in height successively from tall to short. They differ in one dimension, height Block B: Each cylinder has the same height, decreasing in diameter …