The Sandpaper Numbers are an important foundational Montessori mathematics material that introduce numerals 0 – 9 to young children.
Each Montessori material isolates one particular skill, and the material’s purpose often correlates with other Montessori activities. This means that there are endless extensions students can embrace once they have mastered the original concept!
The Knobbed Cylinders are a Montessori Sensorial material, designed to assist children in making distinctions in their immediate environment. This material primarily engages the senses of touch and sight.
The Large Number Cards are a Montessori Mathematics material which are used to introduce young children to the decimal system.
The Metal Insets are part of the Montessori Language Curriculum. They are a learning tool used to prepare children for writing.
The Touch Tablets form part of the Montessori Sensorial Curriculum, which aims to teach children how to classify items within their environment using the five senses. The Touch Tablets focus on the tactile sense of touch, and isolate the concepts of rough and smooth.
The Moveable Alphabet is a key part of the Montessori Language Curriculum. The material primarily teaches children how to develop their knowledge of the alphabet, and thus written language skills.
The Red Rods are part of the Montessori Sensorial Curriculum. It is common for sensorial materials to isolate one quality, such as weight, to assist the child in better understanding their environment.
The Fraction Skittles are part of the Mathematics curriculum and provide children with an excellent visual example of fractions from an early age.
Colour Boxes are one of the most visually appealing Montessori materials. Created to be introduced to children in three stages, Colour Boxes 1, 2 and 3 contain a different amount of matching coloured tablets, which are rectangular with handles on the side.