Montessori Tray for 3 Part Cards
The Montessori Tray is perfect way to display your Montessori 3 Part Cards (or 'Language Cards'). It provides an orderly and engaging way to organise these cards and spark your child's interest.
The wood provides a beautiful, appealing aesthetic - drawing the child towards the tray (and therefore the work that it holds!). The natural grain helps connect the child to the beauty of nature. The neutral backdrop of unpainted wood also provides a subtle but attractive foundation upon which the material can take centre-stage and shine!
The tray measures approximately 31cm wide by 23 height with a depth of 2cms. This shallow depth makes it light-weight and very easy to carry, so even the youngest learners can be independent.
The corresponding "Three Part Cards" can be used for a variety of purposes:
- Use just the large 'control' card (with picture and word) to lead the child towards abstraction by identifying illustrations.
- Encourage 'matching' skills as the child matches the object to the large card.
- Promote more advanced matching skills by allowing the child to match the smaller picture-only card to the control card.
- Introduce early literacy skills such as letter identification and whole-word recognition as a child matches the word-only card to the control card.
- Play a 'memory game' with the control card and picture card. Flip the cards over to show the blank side up. Assist a child to flip one of the larger cards first, to reveal its picture, then flip one of the smaller cards to try to find its mate.
Compartment trays are particularly useful for sorting or matching exercises. The trays can hold materials or objects which can be sorted by characteristics such as colour, shape, size, texture and so forth. The Montessori Tray can also be used for art and craft activities, presenting the materials in an attractive and orderly way to help a child learn a new skill or technique! For instance, the medium sized compartment can hold cut-out shapes, the smallest compartment can house a glue stick and the large area can be used for card that a child uses as the base for a collage.
Please note: Butterfly models & cards are for illustrative purposes only and do not come with this tray. These items can be purchased separately.