Age: From 2.5 years old
Objective(s):
1. To learn the concept of big to small (by thickness)
Materials:
The Montessori Brown Stair
Presentation:
1. Place the stairs randomly on a mat.
2. Place another mat across the room.
3. Show your child how to arrange the prisms from small to big horizontally by bringing the stairs one-by-one at a time to the other mat into a stair and align them.
4. Dismantle the stair and place the prisms randomly on the mat.
5. Invite your child to try to build the brown stair on the other mat.
Video Demonstration:
Additional Information:
References:
http://www.infomontessori.com/sensorial/visual-sense-brown-stairs.htm
http://www.montessorialbum.com/montessori/index.php?title=Broad_Stair
