Touch Fabrics (presentation two)
Children should be able to master the first presentation with the Touch Fabrics (matching), before moving onto the second activity where we teach the child how to grade the fabrics from roughest to smoothest.
Grading the Montessori Touch Fabrics
How the second presentation with the Touch Fabrics is presented?
The directress unpacks one set of the different pieces of fabric randomly on the floor mat. She tells the child that we will be grading the material from the roughest to the smoothest.
She shows the child how to avert her eyes so she is unable to see the fabric or she can use the blindfold. She feels for the roughest piece of material, once she finds it she places it on the left -hand side of the mat. She feels the remaining pieces in the same manner until all of the pieces of material have been graded from roughest to smoothest.
What is learnt by doing the second presentation with the Touch Fabrics?
This activity promotes the child’s fine motor coordination, the child acquires more skills in grading materials with textile impressions, this activity helps the child prepare for reading and writing as well as enhances concentration.
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