Description
Montessori Threading Board – Unlock your child’s creativity and learning with this carefully designed wooden threading board, complete with vibrant coloured laces. This multi-sensory tool offers endless possibilities for imaginative play while focusing on developing essential fine motor skills.
Sensory Benefits:
The Wooden Threading Board offers numerous sensory benefits, making it a valuable tool for young learners:
- Tactile Stimulation: The textured wooden surface and smooth coloured laces provide a rich tactile experience, engaging children’s sense of touch as they feel, thread, and weave.
- Visual Stimulation: Brightly coloured laces capture children's attention, encouraging visual engagement and colour recognition. As they create patterns, they also develop visual-spatial awareness.
- Hand-Eye Coordination: Threading the laces through the holes requires careful hand-eye coordination, enhancing their ability to control and direct their movements.
- Motor Skill Development: Threading motions help strengthen the small muscles in children's hands and fingers, critical for developing the fine motor skills needed for writing, drawing, and other precise tasks.
Key Features:
- High-Quality Material: Crafted from durable, child-safe wood, this threading board ensures safety and longevity. Its smooth, rounded edges make it comfortable for young hands to handle.
- Coloured Laces: The set includes vibrant laces that encourage children to create intricate patterns and designs, boosting their creativity while working on threading techniques.
- Skill Development: The threading activity focuses on improving the pincer grip, a foundational skill for learning to write and handle small objects.
Additional Benefits:
- Preparation for Writing: By mastering the pincer grip and fine motor coordination through threading, children build essential skills that are a prerequisite for holding and controlling pencils, crayons, and other writing tools.
- Safe Play: Designed with non-toxic materials and smooth edges, the threading board ensures a safe environment for children to explore and play.
- Spatial Awareness: Through threading and weaving, children also learn spatial concepts like positioning, directionality, and order, all while having fun.
Educational Learning Goal (ELG):
Aligned with the "Moving and handling" guidelines of the Early Learning Goals (ELG), the threading board helps children develop control and coordination, guiding them toward confidently handling tools and equipment. It serves as an effective introduction to writing, strengthening the fundamental skills they will need in their learning journey.
Dimensions:
- Approximately 17 x 13 x 1.5 cm
Invest in your child's learning and sensory development with this engaging Montessori Threading Board, where play and education go hand in hand!