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Montessori Practice8–15 minindoor

Building the Pink Tower

Discriminate size in three dimensions and build a visual sense of order.

A child stacking ten graduated pink cubes from largest to smallest.
  1. Child comparing two pink cubes side by side.

    Step 1 · observe

    Compare two cubes before choosing the largest.

  2. Child stacking cubes into a graduated tower.

    Step 2 · arrange

    Stack each cube centred on the one below.

  3. Completed pink tower of ten graduated cubes.

    Step 3 · repeat

    Knock it down gently and build again.

Materials

  • Pink Tower

What you might observe

  • · Visual size discrimination
  • · Steady hand-eye coordination
  • · Pride in a completed sequence