Montessori Pink Tower with base

PRESENTING THE MATERIAL:

• A series of ten pink cubes, the edge of the smallest measuring 1 cm and the edge of the largest 10 cm.

Example of a practical exercise:

1. Tell the child that you are going to build the Pink Tower
2. Go with the child to fetch a mat and unroll it as far as possible from the tower
3. Show the child how to hold the cube: first grasp it from the top using three fingers (thumb, index, middle) for the smaller cubes and using all fingers for the larger ones; if the child cannot manage, they may place one hand under the cube
4. Place all the cubes of the Pink Tower one by one on the mat and sit down with the child in front of the mat
5. Build the Pink Tower by taking the largest cube, each time choosing the largest cube,
6. Centre the cubes one on top of the other
7. Once the last cube is placed, stand up with the child and walk around the tower, positioning yourself directly above it
8. Sit back down with the child and take the Pink Tower apart by removing the cubes one by one, always grasping them in the same way
9. Arrange the cubes in a random order on the mat and invite the child to build the Pink Tower
10. Once they have finished, invite them to stand up to look at it
11. To put it away, place the cubes back on the mat and rebuild the Pink Tower in the classroom
12. Put the mat away