The box of Montessori ribbons can be made in a few steps with the DIY: let's find out how and what you need.
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousIn Montessori method i toys they are important and can often be done even with DIY, as long as they respect certain characteristics. For example, natural materials and toys are favored that can help children explore the world independently and learn new skills from time to time.
Depending on the age of the recipients and the objective of the game, the Montessori method offers countless ideas, leaving room for reinterpretations.
These include the box of ribbons or laces (in English tugging box), very easy to make, cheap and absolutely fun. A box designed so that the child can pull the tapes, discovering what happens.
To make it happen you need them:
- a cardboard box;
- a pencil;
- ribbons of different materials (felt, rope, cloth, etc.) and length;
- Scotch tape;
- scissors or cutter;
- tempera painting;
- brush.
The first thing to do to make the box prettier, even if it's an optional step, is paint it with tempera colors, then letting it dry. Therefore holes are made with scissors and vi they slip on, rare, and nastri making them pass first through one hole and then another, tying them at the ends. If you want, if the ribbons are long, you can even thread them into 3 or more holes.
The holes in which you thread the ribbons do not necessarily have to be positioned at the same height or on the opposite side, it is interesting to create unexpected intertwining, for example by inserting a ribbon into a hole and making it come out of a hole positioned lower or higher, also on the sides to the right and left of the starting side.
The ribbons don't all have to be the same length because if the lengths are different, the game is more fun and challenging. And realizing that there are some that can be pulled more than others, your child will have a great time. The box must then be sealed with adhesive tape.
Very important to use tapes of various materials to ensure a more satisfying tactile experience for the child, who will discover the existence of different plots through his hands.
In addition tosensory experience and discovery, it is also possible to give the child a goal, making the game even more engaging. Just give him some toy pipe cleaners and invite him to insert them in the empty holes (be careful to leave several).
He will have to find the right technique to insert them more easily and this research will help him learn to coordinate hand and eye, to the benefit of his motor skills and logical reasoning.
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Laura Rose
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