Wooden base on which there are 2 textile cords. This material teaches children how to braid braids. The ability to braid braids is not only for girls, it is a great task for both sexes.
This activity is an ideal example of how a Montessori task can learn and develop many different skills. The Montessori braidboard engages tactile and visual sensory skills and improves fine motor skills. It helps strengthen the writing fingers and promotes skill. In addition, by physical sorting of the different skills color ropes and by handling tangible objects, the child is able to engage at a physical level and thus this Montessori task promotes coordination between hands and eyes and brain development.
Because of the different colors of the ropes, children can see exactly what they are doing, thus creating a sense of order. This makes them feel capable and gives them a sense of purpose by controlling which string where they are going, and encouraging the skills to solve problems. The child can see when it has tangled improperly, as the model does not it seems right. Thus they can break the braid and repeat it in the right order, thus learning logical thinking and self-correcting or controlling errors. This activity also develops the child's decision-making skills as they are the ones who decide which string goes in what order to You got the right model.
Dimensions: 30 x 9.5 x 3.8 cm.
Suitable for children over 2 years of age.