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Color mixing experiment in Montessori Rongotai
Color mixing in Montessori learning supports children’s learning by engaging their senses, promoting exploration, and fostering creativity. Through hands-on activities like mixing primary colors to create secondary colors, tamariki develop fine motor skills, learn about cause and effect, and enhance their understanding of color theory.
In Te Whariki, the New Zealand early childhood curriculum, this approach aligns with the holistic development principle, which emphasizes learning through active exploration and discovery. By allowing children to experiment with color mixing, educators support their cognitive development, creativity, and sense of agency. Additionally, color mixing activities in Montessori and Te Whariki provide opportunities for language development as children discuss their observations, describe colors, and communicate their discoveries to peers and educators.
Sensory activities, like color mixing, involve engaging children’s sense such as touch, sight, smeel, taste, and hearing to promote learning and development. In Montessori education, sensory materials are an integral part of the prepared environment, allowing tamariki to refine their senses and explore the world around them. Activities such as sorting objects by texture, identifying scents in smelling jars, or exploring different materials through touch support children’s sensory development and cognitive growth.
Both Montessori and Te Whariki emphasize the importance of hands-on, experiential learning that engages children’s natural curiosity and supports their overall development. Sensory exploration offers rich learning experiences that promote cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development in alignment with the principles and goals of both educational approaches.