Essential classic Montessori games for kindergarten (20)

Classification practice of placing chess pieces Purpose: Learn to classify objects by color and train the fine movements of fingers Materials: Plastic checkers or glass marbles Checkers Key points: 1. Take out all the marbles and put them in a box 2. At the prompt of the parents, ask the children to take one first Marbles of different colors, choose a position and start placing the chess pieces. Older players can sing and count from 1 to 10 3 while placing the marbles, and finish placing all six colors in sequence. Parents can teach their children the Chinese characters and English words of colors at the same time. 4. You can swing both hands at the same time to train the dexterity of both hands. Sorting practice small bowls and small spoons to find friends Purpose: Learn to sort and pair by size Materials: 4 spoons and bowls each of the same shape and color but different sizes. Key points: 1. Parents put 4 bowls on the table at will. And ask the children \”Which one is the biggest? Which one is the smallest?\”, ask the children to arrange them from largest to smallest. 2. The parents take out 4 small spoons and sort them according to the above method. 3. The parents say, \”The small bowls and small spoons are looking for friends, please.\” Please help me find the \”Counting Practice Number Can\” Purpose: To understand the actual meaning of numbers Materials: beverage tubes and straws Key points: 1. Paste the number 2 on the outside of the beverage can, and ask the children to insert the same straw according to the number, and count while inserting The hand and mouth are consistent 3. Parents can also put a few sticks in the jar first and let the children see if they are correct according to the number. If there are not enough sticks, add a few sticks. If there are more, take away a few sticks 4. Take any 2 cans and compare the ones with more. Who can let human beings express their wisdom and push civilization forward? Comparative practice for little cake chefs Purpose: Learn to distinguish between thick and thin, and practice juxtaposition. Materials: colored clay, toothpicks or dough (you can also use quilts or books instead) Key points: 1. Parents and children become \”cake chefs\” together. Make a birthday cake out of colored clay. 2. According to the requirements of the customer (other members of the family), make a three-layer cake and a one-layer cake. Compare the thickness of the two cakes, learn the concept of thickness, and show the word card 4. Parents draw multiple cakes of different thicknesses. , children cut it out or tear it off by hand, and practice arranging them in order from thick to thin. Conservation practice of kneading dough Purpose: to learn the conservation of volume Material: dough (plasticine) Key points: 1. Parents make two pieces of dough of the same size (you don’t have to tell your children that they are the same size, let the children observe by themselves), and ask the children \”these two pieces\” Is the amount of dough the same? \”2. The parent first kneads one piece of dough into a long shape, and then compares the two pieces of dough with the same amount.\” 3. The parent then kneads the dough into a long strip. Small bowls, if you compare again, is there still the same amount? 4. The parents use a stick to roll the bowl into a large round piece, and then compare whether it still has the same amount? 5. Let the children try it too. Even though the shape of the dough keeps changing, why is it still the same? [Montessori\’s Whispers] We must remember that there is an inner teacher in the heart of a three-year-old child, and he has been guiding him correctly. Recognize geometric figures divided into four parts. Purpose: Learn to divide geometric figures into four equal parts. Materials: colored handmade paper (square, rectangle, circle, triangle, oval, etc.), scissors, white paper, glue. Key points: 1. Parents make game requirements for their children. 2. Parents show their children the prepared colored paper and let themChildren tell the paper what shapes it has. Invite the children to divide each piece of paper into four parts. 3. If the child doesn\’t know how to do it at all, after trying it, the parent and the child can hold a piece of paper of the same shape, such as a square. Parents guide their children while doing it, fold it twice, and then cut it into four equal parts according to the crease. 4. Restore the four cut pictures to their original state and paste them on white paper. 5. Use numbers to indicate the points. 6. Other graphics are the same as above. 7. Children repeat the operation to deepen their impression. 8. Encourage children to come up with more ideas and cultivate their hands-on ability and divergent thinking. 【Montessori\’s Heart】To provide children with an environment that will satisfy them, we must work hard to understand their needs. Identifying directions and matching Purpose: Learn the method of symmetry, master the concept of symmetry, and cultivate children\’s reasoning ability Materials: Symmetry practice diagrams, colored pens, and colored paper Key points: 1. Parents must first play simple symmetry games with their children to let them understand Symmetry concept. For example: Looking in the mirror, which parts of a person\’s body are symmetrical? Let the children observe the eyes and ears~~ 2. Play the color symmetry game: draw symmetry on the paper. For example, six boxes are painted with red, yellow, blue, yellow, and red respectively. 3. Play a shape symmetry game: draw symmetrical shapes on paper. Such as circle, triangle, square, square, triangle, circle. 4. Play the sticky paper game: take colorful paper-cuts and cut them into various shapes. Fold them in half and cut them in half, half for the parents and half for the children. If you find the right ones, paste them together. 5. Encourage children to make symmetrical drawings by themselves, such as learning to cut four corners, hexagons, and window grilles to consolidate the concept of symmetry. 【Montessori\’s Heart】Children have an active spiritual life, although children cannot express it in early stages, although children must go through a long period of time to gradually improve this spiritual life. The purpose of drawing building blocks with geometric figures: to perceive the relationship between three-dimensional figures and two-dimensional figures. Materials: building blocks, paper, pens. Key points: Parents can draw building blocks with their children, teach them how to expand and guide them to understand the concept of three-dimensional figures. 1. Parents and children take out building blocks, paper and pen together. Take out a square building block. First, let the children touch the building block with their hands to feel and observe its appearance features, and then the parents demonstrate how to draw. Method: Place the building blocks on the white paper, press the building blocks with your left hand, hold the pen in your right hand and trace along the edges, and put a small sticker on the building blocks to mark each side. 2. After all the drawings are drawn, let the children write numbers on each shape to see how many there are? This number shows how many faces the cube has, and then ask the child, \”How many faces does the cube have?\” 3. Use the other face of the building block to compare it with other drawn squares, and let the child observe that the 6 faces are the same size. 4. Use building blocks of other shapes to spread the painting. There are many styles of cuboids, allowing children to observe and understand more, focusing on comparing differences. 5. Let the children combine their lives to find objects that are similar to these. 【Montessori\’s Heart】When a child is placed in a natural environment, he will show his abilities. Calculation practice cutting and pasting ruled paper Purpose: Experience that numbers are divisible, and perceive the relationship between the whole and its parts Materials: checked paper (you can draw it yourself), scissors, paper, glue Key points: Take \”7\” as an example 1. Parents will pre-print the gridCut the paper into 10 strips, each with 7 grids. 2. Use scissors to cut the paper strips into two parts along the grid lines, and then paste them on the divided paper. Keep cutting and pasting until duplicates are found. Remove the repeated ones. 3. Write a number on each square of cut paper to indicate how many squares it has. 4. Let the children look and answer \”7 can be divided into how many and how many? How many and how many are combined to make 7?\” Classification practice dividing skirts Purpose: to learn multi-angle classification and the inclusive relationship between categories Materials: Mom on the white paper Make your own small skirt patterns, with or without a bow on the waist. For each type, draw 2-3 skirts each with a small circle pattern, a horizontal line pattern, a vertical line pattern, and a diagonal line pattern. Draw 10-20 pieces in total, depending on the child\’s level. Key points: 1. Parents guide their children to put skirts with common characteristics together and see how they can be divided. 2. Parents only make requests without prompts or demonstrations. After the children are divided, let the children express their thoughts and practices in words. 3. After the children are divided, answer the question: Are there more skirts with bows or without bows? Why? Ask again, \”Do you have more skirts or skirts with bows?\” This elicits – Skirts are the general concept of a collection, and skirts with bows are part of the skirt. 【Montessori\’s Heart】Mathematics exercises tell us the principles of mathematics, rather than simple memorization and constant calculations. Counting Practice Guessing Buttons Purpose: To train children\’s observation ability and master the composition of numbers Materials: the same 10 buttons (or use Go pieces) Key points: 1. \”Guess how many buttons are in your hand?\” Parents hold 2- There are 6 buttons. First, open your hand and let the child look at it. Then quickly hold it up and ask the child, \”How many buttons do you see?\” If you are not sure, let the child look at it again. You can also let children hold buttons, and parents can guess and compete to increase children\’s interest. The number of buttons can be gradually increased according to the child\’s ability. 2. Place less than 10 buttons on the table (no more than 5 buttons on the left and right). Cover them with your left and right hands respectively. Raise your hands for the child to observe. Then quickly cover them, and then ask the child to tell how many buttons are on both sides. There are several in total. 3. Show the child any number of buttons within 10, then put your hands behind your back and put them in two hands, and extend one hand to let the child guess how many buttons there are, or let the child take a look first and then guess. After guessing, stretch out your other hand and ask the child to guess how many buttons there are. 【Montessori\’s Heart】We should regard this mysterious power of children as something sacred. Because it is during this creative period that the individual\’s future personality is determined. Conservation practice of measuring meters. Purpose: experience the concept of volume and fine motor training. Materials: plastic funnel, transparent bottles (plastic bottles) of various sizes and shapes with 4-5 caps, a small bowl, and several meters. Key points: Buy rice with your children. In the game, the parents act as customers to buy rice, and the children act as salespersons. 1. The parents first propose to bring a bottle to the children to buy rice. The requirement is to buy a flat bowl of rice, and the children must put a funnel on the bottle and use the bowl to fill the rice. (to be flat), then slowly introduce it into the funnel and flow into the bottle, trying not to spill outside. 2. Parents keep buying rice, and every timeThe bottles used are quite different from the previous one. 3. After buying rice, display all the bottles and let the children observe, which bottle has more rice? Why? 4. Remind the children to recall that every time they buy a flat bowl of rice, the rice is the same, so why does it look different in the bottle? Encourage children to find out for themselves. [Montessori\’s Whispers] Hands are the organ of expression and the organ of creation. Counting practice card pairing Purpose: Practice different combinations of numbers to prepare for learning calculations within 10 Materials: A deck of playing cards Key points: Take \”8\” as an example 1. Parents and children work together to put the hearts and diamonds in the playing cards , clubs, spades, 1-7 cards of each of the four suits are taken out, a total of 28 cards. 2. The parent writes the number 8 on a piece of white paper and puts it aside, explaining that today’s game is to make up 8. 3. Shuffle the 28 cards from 1 to 7, then randomly select one card and place it next to the 8 mark. The two agreed to start drawing cards one after another. 4. Sort out the cards in your hands, select the cards that can be combined into 8, and put them in front of you. 5. Count the number of cards left in your hand. Whoever has more cards will play card 6 first. Draw a card from the opponent, and then look for it among the cards in your hand. Is there any card that adds up to the number 8? If there is one, take it out and put it on the front 7. Take turns to draw cards. Whoever has all the cards in his hand drawn first is the winner. 【Montessori\’s Heart】In a suitable environment, young children develop a skill and precision in their work, which comforts us. Conservation Practice Little Magician Purpose: 1. Understand the conservation of numbers 2. Cultivate children\’s creative thinking Materials: 1.5cm square cardboard, 50 or more points: Take 5 as an example 1. Parents give their children a stack Let the children count how many square pieces of paper there are? 2. \”Please be a magician with me. Let\’s see who can put out five squares in more ways.\” Parents and children arrange the figures together, and take 5 square pieces of paper for each figure. Encourage the children to boldly resemble and create, and Teach the children to draw the figures they have laid out with a pen. 3. Parents can suggest some methods at first, such as horizontal pendulum, vertical pendulum, etc., and then allow children to create freely. 4. 3-4 year olds can master conservation within 5, and 4-5 years old can master conservation within 10. Classification Practice Treasure Hunt Purpose: Learn to classify objects according to their types. 2-year-olds, classify according to adults’ demonstrations. 3-year-olds, classify according to adult’s directive language. 4-year-olds, classify objects according to their own types and name them. Materials: small children Key points for plastic bags or small baskets: 1. When parents take their children for walks or outdoor activities, they should bring small plastic bags in advance and go outdoors or in the park to prompt the children to pick up some things that the children are interested in. Parents can pick up things with their children, such as Different shapes of leaves, flowers or petals, small stones, etc. Many children will like these treasures. 2. Start showing your baby, guide or prompt the child to classify the items and name them. 3. Parents can tell some stories to their children. 4. Wash your hands when you go home and tell your children the reasons for hygiene. 5. You can also practice with items at home [Montessori Whispers】Children can get a lot of fun from games. Sorting practice queuing Purpose: Learn the method of regular sorting Materials: Several colored beads, or several geometric building blocks Key points: Method 1, master the sorting of two kinds of objects 1. The same round beads, one red and one green, guide the children to play red and green. Red, green. . . Sorting; 2. You can sort building blocks of the same color and different shapes. Method 2. Master the regular sorting of 3 kinds of objects. 1. Sorting of the same shape and different colors. 2. Sorting of the same color and different shapes. No matter which method, parents must Demonstrate to children first, firstly, to stimulate children\’s interest in participating in creation, and secondly, to facilitate children\’s imitation and understanding. After the child operates, encourage the child to express his or her thoughts in words, encourage the child to line up in a different way from the parent, and cultivate the child\’s thinking and creativity. 【Montessori\’s Heart】There is only one intrinsic requirement of education, which is to use the child\’s inner strength to achieve the purpose of self-learning. Compare and practice which one is longer and which one is shorter. Purpose: Learn to arrange objects by length. Materials: five straws (the length difference between straws is 2cm), a 20cm ruler. Key points: This game should be played on the basis that children can distinguish length. 1. Take out 5 straws and let the children observe whether they are the same? what is the difference? 2. Take out the longest one, compare it with the shortest one, and ask the child. Then pick two arbitrarily and compare them, which one is longer and which one is shorter? 3. The small straws should be lined up from the longest to the shortest. Ask the children to help. Take out the ruler and place it vertically on the left side. One end of the straw should be placed horizontally against the ruler. 4. Encourage children to try boldly and praise them if they succeed. 5. If children have difficulty in sorting, parents can demonstrate first. Let the children follow the demonstration and gradually move to the point where they can do it independently. 6. Place the ruler horizontally and the straw vertically, and let the child try again. 【Montessori\’s Heart】Arithmetic is an abstract activity, and it is also an intellectual activity that brings accuracy to an abstract level. Classification exercises to help those who are confused. Purpose: Learn to use the elimination method to classify and form an image understanding of class concepts. Materials: You can use physical objects or pictures. Key points: 1. Prepare a few mysterious small bags (small cloth bags that can be sealed ), with items prepackaged inside. Several items are of the same type, and one item is of a different type. Have your child open a pocket, take out items, sort them, and then make a decision not to put items back into the pocket again. 2. Use pictures to let children draw items that do not belong to the same category in each picture with a pen. [Montessori’s Whispers] A child who is not properly cared for will bring retribution to the future society, because he may become a negative individual in the future society and constitute an obstacle to the progress of civilization. Sort the car to drill into the cave. Purpose: To understand the colors and their order. Materials: Three cars of different colors and shapes. A hard hollow paper tube (width can allow a car to pass through, and length is slightly longer than the length of three cars) Key points: 1. Parents connect three cars with lines and let the children observe. Parents pull cars into paper tubes and remind their children to pay attention to which color car drives first.What color was the second car that entered the cave? What color was the last one that drove in? \”Stop when all the cars are pulled into the paper tube. 2. Parents ask their children, \”I pull the string again, guess what car comes out first? \”And so on. 3. Then pull the car out and let the child see if what he said is correct. 4. Use the other end of the pull cord to pull the car back in reverse. Before pulling, ask, \”If there is a traffic jam ahead, you need to reverse. What color car should reverse first?\” Come out, and what color is it? \”, and then bring the car out to confirm the guess. 5. Parents can also let their children pull the string, and the parents will participate in guessing together. [Montessori\’s Heart Language] We have only one teaching method: we must maintain students\’ high interest and strong and sustained attention Strength. Compare and practice making twists Purpose: Practice arranging objects in long and short order, learn the movements of rubbing and twisting Materials: Play-Doh clay or dough Key points: 1. Parents and children play \”Make twists for babies to eat\” 2. Divide the colored clay into 5 portions of different sizes. 3. Bundle each ball into a long strip, then lay it flat on the table. Finally, it will be made into 5 noodles of different lengths. 4. Let the children make the 5 long strips. Sort them from longest to short (the left ends should be aligned) 5. Parents teach their children how to make twists: hold the two ends of the noodles with the left and right hands, fold them in half, hold the middle part with the left hand, hold the head with the right hand, and turn the left and right hands in reverse Make noodles into twists. 6. Place the 5 prepared twists on the table, and then sort the twists from longest to short.