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== Material ==
== Material ==
===Make Your Own===
===Make Your Own===
*[[Media:Color Box 2.pdf | Printable Color Box 2]]
*The tablets could be made by wrapping and gluing paper cut from paint samples around this pieces of wood:<br>
*The tablets could be made by wrapping and gluing paper cut from paint samples around this pieces of wood:<br>
*:[[File:Handmade Childhood color 1.jpg|270px]] [[File:Handmade Childhood color 2.jpg|270px]]<br>
*:[[File:Handmade Childhood color 1.jpg|270px]] [[File:Handmade Childhood color 2.jpg|270px]]<br>
*:(For a more detailed description of how this was done see [http://ahandmadechildhood.blogspot.com/2010/01/montessori-color-spools.html A Handmade Childhood].)
*:(For a more detailed description of how this was done see [http://ahandmadechildhood.blogspot.com/2010/01/montessori-color-spools.html A Handmade Childhood].)


*[[Media:Color Box 2.pdf | Printable Color Box 2]]
===Where to Buy===
===Where to Buy===
[http://www.absorbentmontessorimaterial.com/product_p/s10.htm Absorbent Montessori] $22.00<br>
[http://www.absorbentmontessorimaterial.com/product_p/s10.htm Absorbent Montessori] $22.00<br>
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[http://www.montessoriresources.com/Color-Tablets-The-Complete-Set-Boxes-1-2-and-3--P29C5.aspx Albanesi] $206.00<br>
[http://www.montessoriresources.com/Color-Tablets-The-Complete-Set-Boxes-1-2-and-3--P29C5.aspx Albanesi] $206.00<br>
[http://www.julianagroup.com/index.lasso?page=detail&Category=&SubCategory=Sensorial&NewItem=&Overstock=&Description=&skip=12 Juliana] $196.61<br>
[http://www.julianagroup.com/index.lasso?page=detail&Category=&SubCategory=Sensorial&NewItem=&Overstock=&Description=&skip=12 Juliana] $196.61<br>
== Further Reading ==
*[[Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years]] by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, pages 61, 94

Revision as of 18:17, 2 November 2013

Color Box 2
Sensorial - Visual Discrimination of Color
Color Box 2-6.jpg
LevelPre-Primary
Primary
Age3+
PrerequisitesColor Box 1
MaterialsColor Box 2 set of tablets

Use of this material teaches the child visual discrimination of the primary colors, secondary colors, and pink, brown, black, white, and gray. This activity prepares the child to use Color Box 3.

Presentation

  1. Take the box of tablets to a rug or table.
    Color Box 2-1.jpg
  2. Hold the tablets by the edges as shown.
    Color Box 2-2.jpg
  3. Remove all the tablets and lay them out randomly on the mat.
    Color Box 2-3.jpg
  4. Select one tile and place it in the upper left corner.
    Color Box 2-4.jpg
  5. Find the tablet of the same color and put it next to the first.
    Color Box 2-5.jpg
  6. Continue until all the tablets have been matched.
    Color Box 2-6.jpg
  7. When finished, replace the tiles back in the box in mixed up order.


Points of Interest

Control of Error

Variations and Extensions

Language

Material

Make Your Own

  • The tablets could be made by wrapping and gluing paper cut from paint samples around this pieces of wood:
    Handmade Childhood color 1.jpg Handmade Childhood color 2.jpg
    (For a more detailed description of how this was done see A Handmade Childhood.)

Where to Buy

Absorbent Montessori $22.00
Adena $11.02
Affordable Montessori $19.00 (plastic)
Affordable Montessori $24.00 (wood)
Albanesi $60.00
Alison's $22.00
Alison's $38.00 (premium)
Bruins $45.00
Cabdev $62.00
Caliber $16.99
E & O $38.00
ETC Montessori $45.00
Grandpas $16.00
Hello Wood $69.00
IFIT $13.00
Juliana $50.40
Jump Start $19.95
Kid Advance $16.99
Materials Company of Boston $34.00
Montessori Buy $17.07
Montessori Concepts $13.00
Montessori Education Supplies $16.50
Montessori Land $23.00
Montessori Outlet $16.95
Montessori Stores $39.00
Nienhuis $55.00

Boxes 1, 2, and 3
Albanesi $206.00
Juliana $196.61

Further Reading