The Montessori Pink Tower is one of the first pieces of the sensorial equipment children are introduced to. It is made up of 10 cm pink wooden cubes ranging from 1cm cubed to
10 cm cubed, differing in 3 dimensions. The cubes increase progressively in the algebraic series of the third power. Maria Montessori was a mathematician and engineer and the equipment she designed is often mathematical and very precise.
The purpose of the activity is to encourage the child to
visually discriminate dimensions. It also indirectly supports
control of movement, increase of concentration, and handeye
coordination. A child is invited to explore the tower and shown how to
carry it safely to a mat (the mat defines where the child is
exploring and is their space). The child is show how to build
the tower from the largest to smallest cube
Once a child has been introduced to the pink tower they
are free to explore and repeat the activity whenever they
like. They can combine the tower with other pieces of
equipment such as playing matching games to pink
square cards.
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