Fabric Box 1

Age

3-6.

Materials

• 8 to 10 pairs of fabrics made of natural materials such as silk, cotton, wool, jute, flax, etc.
• A blindfold.

Preparation

This is an individual presentation.

Presentation

1. Invite the child to come and work with you.
2. Wash your hands and sensitize your fingers before taking out the material.
3. Show him the first box of fabrics and have him bring it over to the table.
4. Have him place it near the top part of the table.
5. Then have the child sit to your left.
6. Tell the child that we will be working with fabrics.
7. Remove the lid and place it to the right of the box.
8. Remove all of the fabrics, and close the box.
9. Place the box off to the right side. 
10. Using your fingers and thumb of one hand, feel the fabric. 
11. Change hands and feel in a similar way.
12. Allow the child to also feel the fabric.
13. Go through all of the different fabrics and feel them, always allowing the child to feel as well. Note: You and the child only need to feel one of each pair. 
14. Mix all of the fabrics and place them all in one pile.
15. Tell the child: “I am going to match the fabrics with my eyes closed.”
16. Close your eyes and reach for the fabric on top of the pile.
17. Feel it in the same way as before and then reach for the next fabric from the pile.
18. Feel both fabrics, one in each hand.
19. Then switch the fabrics to feel each one in the different hand.
20. If it is not a match, place the second fabric to the right of the pile.
21. Then reach for the next fabric on top of the pile. 
22. If it is a match, tell the child that you think they are the same.
23. Then have the child touch them both to check.
24. Place the pair in a pile to the left of the large pile.
25. Replace any of the fabrics to the right of the pile back on top of the large pile. 
26. Repeat the matching until all of the pairs have been matched.
27. Mix the fabrics and allow the child to pair.
    

Control Of Error

In the material: the color, design, and texture of the fabrics.

Purpose

• To further refine the tactile sense.
  

Variation

Exercise 1
The child works individually with the first fabric box as was shown in the presentation

Exercise 2
The child works with Box 2 in the same way as with Box 1. The directress has only to introduce the material to the child and then he can work alone.

Exercise 3
The child works with Box 3 in the same as with Box 1. The directress has only to introduce the material to the child and then he can work alone.