Description
Maria Montessori believed in educating holistically. The zoology and botany puzzles; when used by the young child; improves, and develops their hand-eye coordination, focus and concentration. Lifting the pieces with the knobs, strengthens their fine motor control, preparing the hand to hold a pencil. Finding where to replace the puzzle piece, develops cognitive, problem solving skills.
One of the quintessential core Montessori activities, are the wooden zoology puzzles. The full traditional Montessori zoology curriculum, has 5 puzzles. Each puzzle represents a specific class of vertebrate animal, in this case the Fish Puzzle represents all fish. These puzzles are brilliantly coloured, developed to attract the Child. Indirectly, they learn about the key parts of the animal, through the shapes of the pieces.
Features of the Puzzle
- the direct objectives, for the Child are;
- to understand the key parts of a fish
- improve their hand-eye coordination and their fine motor skills
- indirectly, the Child can;
- develop problem solving (cognitive) skills
- encourage an interest in the world around us
- improve their manipulative skills
- lay a sound foundation to improve their focus and concentration
- this activity is a great support for various Montessori curricula, i.e. toddler, and zoology
- the fish puzzle was used to develop our puzzle activities, which is the next step in the Child’s development.
Contents and Size
A birchply puzzle in a frame
24cm x 24cm x 0.5cm
(9½” x 9½ x ¼”)
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