Montessori Work - Mathematics

Montessori Work - Mathematics

In Green park Road we have a Montessori classroom, equipped with a variety of materials that aid the children's development. There are five main areas: Practical life, sensorial, mathematics, language as well as Culture.

Here we will show some pictures of the children working with the Mathematics materials. The main aim of these materials is to aid in the development of understanding numbers. The children start out with simple counting and then move onto more challenging activities such as matching the number with quantity, learning all about the concept of Zero, odd and even numbers as well as learning about weight and balance. There are also other ways in which we can include maths and numbers into our every day routine, making play dough and baking (measuring ingredients), counting our friends to see who is in as well as through building with blocks! So many different fun ways to learn all about maths!


Again with these activities, these all work on the children's focus and concentration as well as  encouraging the children's development of confidence and self esteem as they complete new activities.

Cards and Counters - matching quantity to the number whilst also learning about odd and even numbers, the counters that are by themselves are odd numbers and the counters that aren't by themselves are even numbers

Sandpaper numbers -  the children trace these with their fingers. The sense of touch is used to aid in the recognition of the number. The children also make rubbings of these

Spindles - using the spindles to match to the number 

Number rods - Starting off by counting the colours and then laying them out to go from - 1-10. The children can then use the number cards to match to them

 The boys here are using the concept of balance to make their structures! Not an easy task and they very much enjoy trying to make their structures as big as possible!

Spindle box - another activity that encourages the children to match quantity with numbers. The children count out the spindles into each numbered slot.

And of course making playdough and baking!! Another fun way that we like to add maths and numbers into our day! Weighing out the ingredients, counting them as they're added into the bowl and then watching the changes as they're all mixed together.