The Montessori method is an educational method adopted by families and preschools, primary and secondary schools all over the world. Montessori games and products are part of the application of the method. MONTESSORI GAMES AND PRODUCTS: THE TOOLS TO APPLY THE METHOD

Maria Montessori: a life for children

Summarizing the life and works of Maria Montessori in a few lines is complex and could be reductive. We therefore entrusted to her, educator, pedagogist, philosopher, doctor, child neuropsychiatrist and scientist born in 1870, the arduous task of describing in a few words her idea of ​​education, which has become a method applied all over the world:

“All early childhood education must be informed on this principle: to help the natural development of the child”

The love for the study characterized his whole life and studying was not easy, just think that in 1896 he became the first female doctor in Italy.

His studies started with children with mental disabilities to whom he dedicated his whole life. From the care and observation of children, Maria Montessori came to develop an educational method that revolutionized pedagogical approaches forever.

The Montessori method

From his studies and observations, Montessori deduced that the little ones have different stages of growth and that they cannot be standardized on the basis of the age of the child. In these differentiated phases, the little ones show a different propensity to learn some things, leaving out others.

This led her to develop an educational method based on the differentiation of study and learning plans, which had to be built on the real possibilities of the child, following precisely his “natural development”.

The education of children according to the Montessori method, passes through the use of concrete tools and objects, so that memorization, for example, no longer passes from the intentional operation of reading and memorizing something, but from the experience made through games and objects to touch, manipulate and “live”.

Montessori games and products: some examples

The application of the method requires toys and furnishing accessories that allow the child, through concrete experience, to deeply internalize the concepts.

Maria Montessori, in her research, has identified three types of materials:

• self-correcting material, which makes the intervention of an adult unnecessary because thanks to the object the child senses both the error committed and the ways to correct it;
• analytical material, which allows the child to identify a single quality of the object and helps to develop the senses separately;
• attractive material, these are objects that can be manipulated in a way that attracts the child’s attention.

Let’s see some examples of our Montessori product catalog

Montessori Numbers
This box allows children to experiment with mathematical concepts in a concrete and sensory way:

• ten cards with frosted numbers that the child can touch by following the arrows indicating the direction of writing, to discover the handwriting and recognize the symbols.
• Nine puzzle cards to stimulate the mathematical spirit of the child who has the opportunity during the game to estimate, quantify, compare and create sequences.
• A manual with a list of 15 activities to accompany children in the discovery of quantities and symbols from 0-10.

My Montessori numbers

Montessori images

The first images are a key material of Montessori pedagogy. They serve to enrich the child’s vocabulary and prepare him for writing and reading. The box contains 150 cards divided into 5 series (forest animals, birds, insects, flowers and fruits). Each series consists of 3 types of cards: – the blank card (an image) that the child will have to name, to enrich their vocabulary – the reading card (a word written in clear italics) to read, spell and associate with the corresponding image – the complete card with figure and name, for self-correction.

My Montessori images

Multipurpose wooden chair for children

Multi-purpose bench entirely made of 18 mm thick birch plywood, natural painted with non-toxic water-based colors that let the wood grain shine through. Depending on how it is placed on the floor, it offers two different seat heights and can also be used as a table.