In 1990s, Montessori teaching AIDS were introduced into Chinese mainland from Taiwan Province and Hongkong with Montessori's educational thoughts, and developed rapidly at the beginning of this century. More and more preschool teachers and parents know Montessori teaching AIDS.
2 characteristic editing of teaching materials
1, Montessori teaching AIDS do not choose bright colors, but mainly simple and clean colors. Because of its educational significance, it is usually a single tone that highlights the real educational goal, that is, it has the characteristics of isolation. For example, ten pieces of wood in the pink tower are all pink [1].
2. Because the most important goal of teaching AIDS is to meet the inner needs of children, the size and dimension are only considered from the ability of children. For example, the largest part of the pink tower can be moved by children.
3. Every teaching aid has factors that can attract children, such as the weight and color of pink tower wood; Or the rustling sound when scooping beans with a spoon.
4, the design of teaching AIDS, to provide a person with the operation as the main consideration.
Montessori Teaching Aids-Geometric Ladder [1]
5. The individual and combined use of each teaching aid can only be completed according to its steps and sequence. Moreover, whether in design or in use, it is from simple to complex. Its main purpose is to train children to understand the steps, pay attention to the order, and indirectly cultivate children's "internal discipline."
6. Each teaching aid has a direct and indirect educational purpose.
7. In design, it has the characteristics of error control, which enables children to find their own mistakes and correct them themselves. For example, there are ten pink towers, the smallest is a one-centimeter cube, and the largest is a ten-centimeter cube, so the biggest one is one centimeter away from the next big one. After piling up the tower, the child can pick up the smallest piece and measure the gap between the pieces. He will find that it is exactly one centimeter.
8. Cultivate children's logical habits and reasoning ability through steps and sequences.