Tasting Bottles (presentation one)
How is the first presentation done?
The first presentation using the Montessori Tasting Bottles is one that we all enjoy. The directress begins the activity by introducing the bottles to the child. She drops some liquid from the bottle onto the child’s hand, allowing him to taste each bottle as she removes it from the tray.
The directress then places the corresponding set of bottles on the mat randomly. She tells the child that they will be matching the bottles. She picks up the first bottle from the control group and drops some liquid on the child’s hand to taste and moves it to the left-hand side of the mat. She then picks up and tastes each variable bottle until the matching she finds the matching one. Once she finds the corresponding bottle she places the matching bottle next to the control group on the left-hand side of the mat.
The directress repeats in the same manner until all the bottles have been matched correctly.
Montessori Tasting Bottles
What does the child learn by doing this activity?
This activity promotes the child’s language development, discrimination of taste, as well as develops the child’s gustatory sense.
Tasting Bottles
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