Miller's Mind training for children Book 1 (of 3): A practical training for successful living; Educational games that train the sensesMiller, William Emer
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Miller's Mind training for children Book 1 (of 3): A practical training for successful living; Educational games that train the senses
Miller, William Emer
Mnemonics; Senses and sensation
The expensive Insets used by the Montessori School can be
satisfactorily made out of heavy cardboard and accomplish the desired
result. Take a piece of cardboard of good thickness and draw on it some
of the figures illustrated above. After they are cut out with a sharp
knife, smooth the edges so that they will fit easily into the places
from which they came. The cardboard from which they are cut may be
fastened to another or tacked to a thin board. The game is to blindfold
the child, give him the cutouts and by the sense of touch let him find
the proper hole and fit the piece into it. As the pieces are fitted
into their places they may be left there until the board is filled.
This exercise is a little more difficult than most of the others.
Encourage the child to keep at it.
The Game of the Rag Bag
Cut a number of pieces of different kinds of cloth. Show them to the
child and have him feel of them and become acquainted with the pieces
so as to know them by name. Blindfold him and give him one of the
pieces of cloth and have him tell by feeling what kind it is. Put all
the pieces in the rag bag (any large bag will do). Blindfold the child
again and let him pick out the kind of cloth you name. See how many
he can get correctly. Have him choose velvet, silk, satin, calico,
muslin, broadcloth, etc., using all the common varieties of cloth.
Children need not be blindfolded if the bag is held so they cannot see.
Blindfolding increases the curiosity and thus the interest in the games.
The Game of Dry Goods Clerk
Cut from the scraps in your rag bag two pieces each of all the
different kinds of cloth that can be found there. Make the pieces about
two by four inches and have them all of one size and shape. Let the
child examine them and match them in pairs. Have him feel of them and
see that they all feel different. Do not have more than two pieces of
any one kind of cloth. Pay no attention to color. Now mix the pieces in
a pile on the table, blindfold the child and seat him in front of them.
Have him match the pieces by feeling and lay each aside. When finished,
have the child look at the pairs as matched, counting for himself the
points won.
The Game of--Who Is It?
Blindfold two or three children. Silently select one of the others to
be identified by the blindfolded children by means of touch. Let the
blindfolded ones feel of the child--his hair, face, clothes and shoes.
In this way see which one will first be able to name him. To win this
game depends a great deal on the child's observation of what the other
children are wearing. The game of Blind Man's Buff is similar and good,
but usually has a good deal of sound to assist the one guessing.
The Game of--Weighing
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