Blindfolds Orientation Exercise
Blindfolds are used a lot in Montessori for tactile activities, touching, and feeling. By blindfolding the children, the sense of sight is taken away, but the sense of touch is heightened.
What happens in the Montessori Blindfold orientation exercise?
The directress will get the children used to having their eyes covered with a blindfold. Firstly, the kids get to feel the blindfold in their hand and get used to it. Then the directress will cover the child’s eyes with the blindfold to slowly get them adjusted to not being able to see. This is done in a caring and non-threatening way. The directress will ask a few children to work with her and feel the different blindfolds and to choose which blindfold they like the most.
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