Our Didax plastic insets from amazon are a favorite activity. All you need is the insets, colored pencils, paper cut to size, and a hard surface.
There are ten shapes in the series (see below.)
We use the series of lessons found at Montessori world. You can see our progression above.
1. One pink inset traced, colored with straight lines, picking up the pencil each time.
2. One shape rotated.
3. Trace the window, then trace the actual shape and see how close you can get.
4. Use more than one shape.
5. Make a symmetrical design and play with color.
6. Move the stencil over the page evenly to fill the whole sheet.
But, of course, I just show them these lessons each time I set it out. BUT, I don’t interrupt whatever they decide to do with it.
