Geometric Cabinet (presentation one)

How the first presentation is done with the Geometric Cabinet

The directress introduces the Presentation Tray to the child, which contains three insets (a square, a circle, and a triangle).

The directress shows the child how to carry the tray correctly with two hands to the floor mat. The directress begins by removing the blue inset of each shape individually with the correct pincer grip and places them on the mat. For example, she may pick up the square, she feels around the inset and the socket with her left hand, using her index and middle finger in an anti-clockwise direction, once she has felt it correctly she places it back on the mat and picks up a new shape and repeats in the same manner as before.

What does the child learn by doing the first presentation with the Geometric Cabinet?

This activity promotes the child’s language development, it develops the child’s pincer grip, it prepares the child for Mathematics that is done later on, it promotes his hand-eye co-ordination, as well as develops the child’s matching skills.

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