Constructive Activities

Counting Exercise with Spindle Boxes

Ø Through this activity, the child's mind was explained that each digit identifies a specific number of things. He also got acquainted with the zero concept in this exercise. The number sequence was also repeated.

Puzzles

Ø It was puzzle exercise in which the child worked well.

Story Telling

Ø The story telling is a very strong weapon for communication, vocabulary and to convey your message. The group of children enjoyed it very much.

Addition Exercise

Ø Children are able to count from memory long before they understand the quantity that each number represents. ...

Ø Physically counting objects is an important step in teaching a child about numbers. ...

Ø Counting objects initiates the skill of 1:1 correspondence – the understanding that every object can only be counted once.

Dimensions Exercise (Visual Sense) with Pink Tower

Ø The Pink Tower helps a child build a concept of size in three dimensions. This includes working on visual perception, and awareness of dimension, both leading to an understanding of size in the environment. The Pink Tower also helps develop a child's fine muscular coordination.

Number Rods (Counting Exercise)

Ø In this activity, introduce the child from 1 to 10 with all the digits names and their quantity. After practice, the child also remembered the sequence from 1 to 10.

Color Matching Exercise with Color Tablets

Ø The Color Tablets were developed by Maria Montessori to help children develop their sense of color discrimination. Children also learn the names of the colors using the Color Tablets and gain an understanding of primary and secondary colors.

3 Letter Words (Read Aloud Exercise)

Ø Reading aloud helps students learn how to use language to make sense of the world; it improves their information processing skills, vocabulary, and comprehension. Reading aloud targets the skills of audio learners. Research has shown that teachers who read aloud motivate students to read.

Opposite Cards

Ø Understanding the concept of opposites is important as it helps a child to learn how to compare two different things and to develop a more concrete understanding of a specific concept (e.g. hard vs soft). Learning opposites also improves a child's ability to describe things.

Making of Sentences with Movable Alphabets

Ø The key purpose of the Moveable Alphabet is to prepare children for writing, reading, and spelling. The child's use of the material progresses from single words, to phrases, and eventually to stories. In this way, the Moveable Alphabet teaches children how to symbolize their own thoughts, and begin to write creatively

Construction of Different Shapes