Detailed description:

Detailed description:

PLEASE NOTE!
When delivered, our products are neither cut nor laminated. The accessories, like perspex boxes, file caskets and so on, that are sometimes shown in the catalog, were only taken to demonstrate a possible use of our items. They are not part of the item itself and not included.

pages 15 leaves 15 Age 5-6, 7-11 Contributors Translation: Paul Read Additional articles wooden filebox in size A5, Order here: manual Recommended Age (s):
No recommended ages (s), however particularly suitable for 5-8 years

Preparing the material:
All of the cards are to be laminated (recommended laminate thickness: 90-125 micron).
First trim the edges of the laminated cards, then cut exactly down the middle to get 2 A5 cards.
Copy the templates on colored card, laminate, cut out the 7 pieces of the tangram and store in a bag or box.
Alternatively, give individual children non-laminated tangram pieces to work with.
Sides not to be laminated: none
Sides or cards to be bound into a booklet: none

Teaching content
The children become familiar with geometric shapes and become able to discriminate between side lengths in order to match pieces. This material develops spatial awareness and figure-ground discrimination.

Possible Applications:
Free work, individual work, pair work, small group work
The puzzle can also be used for 'caroussel' work, where the children move around the room from one station to the next.

Before you begin:
To work with this material, the children require:
a floor mat or felt board, possibly a wooden tangram (better than a card tangram), glue and scissors (for making a booklet or other shapes)

How to use:
The children can lay out a tangram figure using the pattern on the index cards as reference. They can then cut out another set of pieces, copy their original figure, and glue it into a booklet. According to the children's spatial awareness, they can either work with the cards that display how the letters are formed, or just with the A4 poster which does not.

Control of Error:
The material enables the children to check their own progress as they work.

Additional information:
Many children enjoy working with puzzles, as they find them both interesting and challenging. The children's spatial awareness is tested here. The letter templates are particularly suited to children aged between 5 and 6 years.
There is a large selection of books with many different figures of varying difficulty that can be used to complement this material. However, from experience, even the easiest of these figures are too advanced for beginners. It is for this reason that I have designed and put together this material with figures which allow the children to see how the pieces should be laid.
The children are free to come up with their own figures, and glue these into their booklets.
There is a little program on the download page of ws.montessori.com with which choldren can create their own tangram figures, and also build given figures. pages 15 leaves 15 Age 5-6, 7-11 Contributors Translation: Paul Read Additional articles wooden filebox in size A5, Order here: manual Recommended Age (s):
No recommended ages (s), however particularly suitable for 5-8 years

Preparing the material:
All of the cards are to be laminated (recommended laminate thickness: 90-125 micron).
First trim the edges of the laminated cards, then cut exactly down the middle to get 2 A5 cards.
Copy the templates on colored card, laminate, cut out the 7 pieces of the tangram and store in a bag or box.
Alternatively, give individual children non-laminated tangram pieces to work with.
Sides not to be laminated: none
Sides or cards to be bound into a booklet: none

Teaching content
The children become familiar with geometric shapes and become able to discriminate between side lengths in order to match pieces. This material develops spatial awareness and figure-ground discrimination.

Possible Applications:
Free work, individual work, pair work, small group work
The puzzle can also be used for 'caroussel' work, where the children move around the room from one station to the next.

Before you begin:
To work with this material, the children require:
a floor mat or felt board, possibly a wooden tangram (better than a card tangram), glue and scissors (for making a booklet or other shapes)

How to use:
The children can lay out a tangram figure using the pattern on the index cards as reference. They can then cut out another set of pieces, copy their original figure, and glue it into a booklet. According to the children's spatial awareness, they can either work with the cards that display how the letters are formed, or just with the A4 poster which does not.

Control of Error:
The material enables the children to check their own progress as they work.

Additional information:
Many children enjoy working with puzzles, as they find them both interesting and challenging. The children's spatial awareness is tested here. The letter templates are particularly suited to children aged between 5 and 6 years.
There is a large selection of books with many different figures of varying difficulty that can be used to complement this material. However, from experience, even the easiest of these figures are too advanced for beginners. It is for this reason that I have designed and put together this material with figures which allow the children to see how the pieces should be laid.
The children are free to come up with their own figures, and glue these into their booklets.
There is a little program on the download page of ws.montessori.com with which choldren can create their own tangram figures, and also build given figures.