IFIT Montessori

3-6

Materials

• Two flaps of cloth with five hooks and five corresponding eyes, on a wooden frame.

Preparation

This is an individual presentation.

Presentation

1. Directress shows the child how to undo the hooks and eyes.
2. Starting from the top, she holds the eye with the left hand's thumb and index finger.
3. Pull the hook out of the eye with the right hand's thumb and index finger.
4. When she has undone all the hooks and eyes, the Directress folds back the two flaps so as to clearly demonstrate to the child that the function of the hooks and eyes is to hold two pieces of cloth together.
5. The Directress then brings the flaps back together again, starting from the top, shows the child how to do up the hooks and eyes.
6. Hold the eye with the left hand's thumb and index finger.
7. Insert the hook into the eye with the right hand's thumb and index finger.

Control Of Error

There is one hook opposite each eye.

Points Of Interest

Purpose

Direct aims:

• To teach the child how to do and undo hook and eye.

Indirect aims:

• To develop the child's eye coordination.
• To develop the child's fine motor control.
• To develop the child's concentration.
• To develop the child's independence.
• To satisfy the child's need for order.