Description
Montessori Color Box 2 Variety pack printable
Teachers and parents can create a wide variety of extensions using the templates, images, and labels from Color Box 2. Games and extensions will enhance the child’s learning and prepare them for the use of Color Box 3. Color Box 2 can also be used to determine if a child has an age-appropriate recognition of the colors red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, pink, black, grey, white, and brown.
Template features include:
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Print and cursive labels and traceable labels
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Wood-look and white edged tablets
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3 pages of full color, real life images that are visually engaging to practice matching skills
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Legal sized template with 11 tab templates and lined space for writing in color and grayscale
How to use this resource
Initially, present the child with the classic Montessori 3 period lesson and ensure they are familiar with identifying and naming the colors red, yellow, and blue as a review of Color Box 1. If the child knows these colors, move on to green, orange and purple, and use your best judgement to determine a child’s readiness for all the remaining colors. Feel free to break up the lesson into different lessons. When the child is ready, they can label, trace, and/or write their own labels. They can also color their own templates as their fine motor skills improve, using markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils. The provided images can be cut out and used for matching or added challenge by playing I-spy, developing more vocabulary, or playing “Far, Far Away” by placing images around the room and encouraging the child to find them and then match which provides a wonderful gross motor component to the work. Print two sets of images and create a matching or memory game that can be played alone, with a teacher or friend.
Importance of Color Box 2
Color Box 2 further refines the child’s visual sense. This work can be revisited many times and forms a basis for how lessons are presented and allows the child to learn the Montessori “style” of receiving lessons.
Important Notes
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Ensure the first sensorial lessons are brief and engaging. Focus on matching the colors prior to introducing language.
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Revisit extensions when the child seems interested and ready. Do not push a child to do more when they are not.
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Ensure the child’s working space is well lit or has plenty of natural light.
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This work is often done on the floor on a mat.
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