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== Further Reading ==
== Further Reading ==
*[[Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-fives]] by David Gettman, pages 80-84
*[[Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-fives]] by David Gettman, pages 80-84
*[[Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years]] by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, pages 61, 94
*[[Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years]] by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, pages 61, 94
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Latest revision as of 18:27, 27 January 2022

Color Box 3
Sensorial - Visual Discrimination of Color
Color Box 3.jpg
LevelPrimary
Age4+
PrerequisitesColor Box 2
MaterialsColor Box 3 set of tablets

Use of this material teaches the child visual discrimination of shades of color. This activity prepares the child for art activities.

Presentation

  1. Take the box of tablets to a rug or table.
    Color Box 3 1.JPG
  2. Remove all the tablets of one color and lay them out randomly on the mat.
    Color Box 3 2.JPG
  3. Find the darkest and lightest tablets of that color. Set them next to each other to point out the difference in the extremes. Then replace them randomly back with the rest.
    Color Box 3 3.JPG
  4. Select the darkest of the tablets and place it in the top left corner of the mat. Find the next darkest and place it next to the first. Proceed in this manner until all the tiles of that color have been put in order.
    Color Box 3 4.JPG
  5. Repeat steps 2-4 with each of the other colors.
    Color Box 3 5.JPG
  6. When finished, replace the tiles back in the box in mixed up order within each color.


Video

Segment on Color Box 3 begins at 22:40.

Points of Interest

  • making a rainbow

Control of Error

the visual disharmony

Variations and Extensions

Variations

A nice variation can be done at home with a large pack of markers (or crayons, or colored pencils) in which there are several shades of each color.
Markers 1.jpg Markers 2.jpg
Source: Walk Beside Me

Extensions

Color Box 3 Ex.JPG

Language

  • dark, darker, darkest
  • light, lighter, lightest

Material

Make Your Own

  • Printable Color Box 3
    Color Box 3 pdf icon.jpg
  • 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.)
  • Squares from paint samples are used in these color tablets as well. They have been laminated and a wide edge of laminate has been left for the child to hold.
    Counting Coconuts color 1.JPG Counting Coconuts color 2.JPG
    Source: Counting Coconuts

Where to Buy

Prices and links checked: 23 January 2022
(Amazon/Bookshop are affiliate links, which help cover costs of running the site.)

Color Box 3
Store Price
Adena $43.92
Affordable Montessori
(plastic)
$85.00
Affordable Montessori
(wood)
$59.00
Albanesi $145.00
Alison's $104.73
Alison's $125.00
Bruins $150.00
E & O
(plastic)
$165.60
E & O
(wood)
$156.60
Hello Wood $147.00
IFIT $43.00
Kid Advance $44.99
Leader Joy
(plastic)
$58.95
Leader Joy
(wood)
$119.95
Materials Co. of Boston $110.00
Montessori Concepts $59.00
Montessori N' Such $65.00
Montessori Outlet $62.95
Nienhuis
$151.00
Pink Montessori $42.90
Thinkamajigs $56.95
Wintergreen $184.95

Further Reading