"The hand is the chief teacher of the child..." --Maria Montessori

"The hand is the chief teacher of the child..." --Maria Montessori

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Hands



These children are using their hands in so many ways, polishing silver, creating a rubber band design by stretching a rubber band, stringing, buckling, using tongs, using a baster to transfer water, using play dough and chopping apples.  

The children are using real objects, feeling the objects, manipulating and taking a form of mastery over the object.  This is so vital for the development of young minds who are still very new at encountering the real world.  They need to understand cause and effect and one of the best ways to do that is through the interaction of the hand, the senses and the real world around them.











"The hands are the instruments of man’s intelligence"

--Maria Montessori


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