Who is montessori?
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and pedagogue. She thought that there is already an enormous energy and urge for action in the child during the first years. The child is motivated by himself to develop and to learn. You may know her name from the Montessori schools in primary education. The purpose of Montessori education is summed up in her statement: “Help me do it myself“. Of course, you can also respond to this as a parent by offering the right toys.
Montessori accompanied young children from different social backgrounds, with and without intellectual disabilities. She noticed in all children a drive to learn that they naturally had. In every age phase, Montessori saw certain developmental themes come back: the sensitive period. The more children can be absorbed in the themes that appeal to them at that moment, the deeper their learning experience will be.
Montessori material matches the child’s interest
In order to guide children in freedom to grow in their development, they need a carefully prepared environment with play materials that meet their research interest at that time. “Freedom in bondage,” Montessori said. A structure is needed, for example by presenting the materials and / or products that are clear and inviting in a fixed place. This can be done by using sorting bins. There are agreements; the children learn more and more to take each other and their environment into account, so that everyone can play concentrated and enjoyable.
Montessori Toys
In offering toys, you as a parent or as a teacher can take care to see the needs of a child and respond to them by offering the right materials. In the toddler and preschool years, sorting, comparing and researching various materials is often in the foreground. In particular, learning by using all the senses is a wonderful way for young children to discover the world. In our webshop you will find many materials that fit this.
Wooden Rainbow
This wooden rainbow is a playful challenge for the fine motor skills of the hands! Shape and color recognition is trained with pleasure when playing with these colorful bows. But you also challenge children to make their own constructions.
Wooden Alphabet Board
The wooden tracking board with the letters of the alphabet helps your child to practice the handwriting skills. Pull your finger or the wooden stick over the engraved wood, perfect for 2-4 little ones to learn to write. Perfect educational toys to refine fine motor skills. Of course, children can follow the letters with their fingers or the stick. Another suggestion is to fill the letters with natural materials, think of corn, split peas, seeds. One side of the board is capitalized and the other side contains the lettering letters of the alphabet.
Re-wood Figures
Re-wood’s numbers are cut out in the middle. This makes it possible to fill in the numbers and learn in which direction the numbers are written. A nice preparation for school learning in group 3. But not only can you trace the numbers with this set, you can also have children put the right number of balls on the corresponding number. A convenient way to teach children about number comprehension and quantities. In short, beautiful development material for preschoolers for home, childcare and for school!
Safari footprints set
Take a walk through Africa with our footprint stones. Discover the kind of animals you can find on the African savannah as you follow their tracks. Each stone has an increased texture of a footprint on one side, and on the other hand, the related animal is engraved. Beware of the following animals: lion, elephant, rhinoceros, giraffe, hippopotamus, ostrich, cheetah and zebra. This array of wild animals will spark a lot of discussion about the food they might eat and whether they are in danger. Ideal for talking about conservation and how children relate to the natural world. The safari footprints are also ideal to use for messy play and convenient to clean.
Wooden Sorting Bin (9 compartments)
This wooden sorting tray is made from sustainably sourced and FSC approved beech wood and is designed to encourage counting, sorting and presenting materials! The nine boxes are arranged in a matrix of 3 x 3. The wooden sorting bin is perfect to help children sort by certain criteria such as size, shape, number, color or pattern. Similarly, it offers plenty of opportunity to explore. The size of the sorting scale makes it practical and portable for children to collect objects from outside
Stamp Rollers (theme forest)
Discover who is hiding deep in the forest! These stamp rollers will increase understanding of our natural world and inspire children to ask questions and tell stories. Simply print and roll in dough or clay and stamp with the stamps to create beautiful boss scenes. Count the rabbits in the burrow, hide the squirrel in the tree trunk and help the spider weave its web, while developing fine motor skills. Children can experiment by using different amounts of pressure and rolling in different ways – away, to and over their bodies in the middle.
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