I'm already having fun preparing materials for my classroom. Thanks to Merritt's cousin (who is a general contractor), I am now the proud owner of a set of homemade Montessori baric tablets. The wood is beautiful to look at, interesting to touch, and smells earthy. Baric tablets are very sensorial. Students sort the tablets by weight (light, medium, and heavy). As an extension, students can sequence 6 different tablets by weight. A blindfold is optional. Thanks Brian for gifting me the wood and the time it took to make them. I am seriously in love with these. It makes me happy just to look at them. Amber, I hope you can find a way to make this activity for your classroom too. It would be fun to swap stories about how the children use them. Cheers!
Baric tablets extension:
Baric tablets classic:
The student brings the tablets to the table or floor with a mat. Here is pine, oak, and wenge (3 of each).
The student mixes up the tablets on the mat then closes their eyes (or is blindfolded). Alternatively, the student can mix the tablets by stacking them to build a tower on the mat.
The student opens his eyes and checks that the tablets have been sorted correctly (the colors match).
The tablets are then returned to the shelf, ready for the next person to use.
4 comments:
April,
We had such a wonderful time with your family! I am so glad you are enjoying those blocks already. You will be a fantastic teacher, and I wouldn't be surprised if you have a waiting list in no time! I'm so excited to see how things go!
These are absolutely beautiful to all the senses (except taste--but I wouldn't put it past a kid to lick them)! So glad for this next adventure--I predict a legend is born!
April I am so happy for you in this big life step you are taking. Those are beautiful, great job Brian. I could reach through the screen and feel and heft hem myself. It will be such an advantage to give these children this opportunity to really use their minds, but just as important though it won't be the overt focus, is I know you will teach these children how to control their emotions, and how to treat one another kindly and with respect. Your spiritual underpinnings will shine through and help these children develop in their faith inadvertently. Congratulations April on this wonderful opportunity/achievement for you as teacher, and for these blessed partaking children, and especially your own, its so admirable that what you are doing financially and in time, for your family, will enrich and bless their lives so much.
Oh man do I wish we lived closer. I would send my girl over to your pre-school! Those are some lucky kids to have you as their leader in discovery. You have a great talent in making learning fun and interesting.
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