The treasure chest is an educational game for children created by Elinor Goldschmied, a British pedagogist born in the early twentieth century whose ideas are still considered very current. The treasure chest is reminiscent of the materials of the Montessori method.
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Treasure Chest is an educational game for children designed by Elinor Goldsmith, British pedagogist born in the early twentieth century whose ideas are still considered very current. The treasure chest is reminiscent of the materials of the Montessori method.
We can realize at almost no cost of the treasure baskets for children to play with objects that are always different, the important thing is that they are materials suitable for their age. Hence the idea of creating thematic baskets, for example based on the color, shape or origin of the different objects.
Let's find out how to create gods DIY treasure baskets always different to amaze and make children play and entertain.
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Treasure chest with rings and circles
Place circular objects such as caps, small lids, bracelets and rolls of scotch tape in this treasure chest. The child will learn to associate objects of the same shape but by touching them he will notice the different textures.
Fonte foto: The Imagination Tree
Treasure chest with animals
One of the possible themes for your treasure chest is the world of animals. You can choose, for example, wooden or plush animals depending on the toys you already have at home.
Fonte foto: Counting Coconuts
Musical treasure chest
To create a musical treasure chest you will have to choose many small tools such as maracas for children, castanets, sticks for rain, sticks, bells and much more like in this image.
Photo source: Pinterest
Basket of treasures in the kitchen
Here's how to help kids recognize the different ones objects that are used in the kitchen. Put the most suitable for them in the basket, such as spoons, saucepans, spoons, stirrers, molds, molds, a small whisk for sweets, etc.
Photo source: Living Montessori
Treasure chest with wooden objects
In this case you will have to recover some wooden objects of a size suitable for children, therefore rather small and without too many edges with which they can get hurt. Among the easiest wooden objects to recover we find spoons and small toys.
Fonte foto: The Kavanaugh Report
One-color treasure chest
You could also think about making several treasure baskets, each one dedicated to only one color. For example, in this photo you can see a set of red objects gathered in a single basket.
Fonte foto: The Kavanaugh Report
Black and white treasure chest
Another idea for playing with colors thanks to the treasure basket is to combine contrasting objects such as small white and black toys in a single basket, as in the image we suggest.
Fonte foto: Counting Coconuts
Treasure chest with soft items
To enrich thesensory experience of your children, prepare a treasure basket that contains only soft objects such as small soft toys, cushions and balls of wool, depending on what you have available.
Fonte foto: Little Red Farm
Basket of nature's treasures
Here is a fantastic treasure chest to make at no cost thanks to the elements of nature. You can bring together leaves, pine cones, twigs, pebbles, fruit, flowers and everything you think might be suitable to stimulate the curiosity of children.
Fonte foto: Itty Bitty Love
Basket of treasures with fruit
Have you ever tried to make a treasure chest with just some fruit? It will be really ready in a few minutes and the kids will be happy as they really love to play with food when they are allowed to do so and then they will learn to recognize the different types of fruit.
Fonte foto: The Adventures
Do you have other ideas to suggest to us to make the treasure chest?
Marta Albè
Fonte foto: This Enchanted Pixie
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