Description

The Blunt Nose Secateurs are a quality product with a single straight cutting blade.  They fit a child’s hand perfectly and have a smooth, easy motion. Teach children how to use real tools safely, and supervise them at all times, when they are using this product.

Features of the Blunt Nose Secateurs

• they fit a child’s hand perfectly
• rubberized handles are comfortable
• cut cleanly, and easily, with two curved blades that bypass each other in the same way as a pair of scissors do
• safety is paramount, a metal hook ‘latches’ the blades closed
• these are an integral part of the classroom’s gardening equipment, especially when the seasons change

Why Does Maria Montessori advocate ‘Real’ products?

The Montessori Method of teaching, gives children important life lessons, and skills.  Gardening is one of these skills, teaching children the responsibility of looking after their own gardens.

Growing a crop of vegetables or flowers does not happen overnight.  It requires patience, dedication, and hard work.  The Child will learn that they must continue taking care of their crop in order for it to grow.  Children use the curved blade or long nose secateurs to harvest their crop of vegetables or flowers.  Their faces will shine with a look of satisfaction, and delight as they eat the fruits of their labour.

Size:  17cm long with a 5cm straight, blunt nosed blade.

Related Products

• Part of the Montessori Practical Life Curriculum are the Curved Blade Secateurs
• Life Cycle of a Green Bean Plant Objects explores how the green bean plant grows from a seed with these miniature objects
• The seed, root, leaf or flower puzzle will help the children to learn what is growing under ground.

Further Reading and Resources

1. Nature and Gardening in Montessori Education – Part 5:  The first Montessori School Gardens, is an interesting article about developing a Montessori garden, written by YouMeMontessori.com
2. Center Montessori School.org, offers a blog about how to develop an Edible School Garden.