Montessori Coin Box Sorting Game (12-36M)

The "Montessori Coin Box" sorting game is an ideal baby toy for children aged 12 months and up, supporting the development of important skills in a playful way. By inserting the correct discs into the coin box, your baby learns so many cognitive and motor elements at once. More complex object permanence, cause-and-effect, fine motor skills, memory training, counting, and sorting – what concepts are hidden behind this Montessori learning game?

1. Motor Skills and Hand-Eye Coordination
By grasping and carefully placing the coins into the coin box, children practice dexterity and strengthen their hand muscles. Both are skills that are also important for drawing and later writing. How exactly must the coin be held to sort it into the slot of the coin box? And how can the little door be opened? Not so easy!

2. More Complex Object Permanence, Cause-and-Effect, and Memory Training
Objects exist even when we don't see them directly. An exciting phenomenon for babies and toddlers. We colloquially call this the "peek-a-boo effect" or scientifically "object permanence". Learning a lot with fun and joy! Your child trains fine motor skills, spatial awareness, and memory when they sort the coins into the Montessori coin box and then open the little door to find the coins again! In which coin box is the coin hiding and what color is it?

3. Sorting and Counting
Does your child sort the coin of the correct color into the matching coin box? How many coins has your child sorted into the Montessori coin box and how many coins do you find when you open the door and take a look together? The Montessori coin box sorting game was developed with educators to help toddlers learn to sort objects according to specific characteristics such as color, shape, or size. With the Montessori sorting game, we thus lay the foundation for relationships and opposites, more complex mathematical and spatial skills. The first small baby steps into algebra and geometry, therefore!

How to introduce the sorting game?

• Let your baby explore the sorting toy on their own first

• Are they already sorting the discs by color on their own? If so, they have already combined great deductions from previous play.

• Show your child how the game works by sorting a coin into the box yourself while explaining the process: "Look, I’m taking the coin and putting it in here. Now it’s gone! Can you do that too?" This is how you spark their interest.

• Repetition is the key with the Montessori coin box sorting game as well – the more you play, the more your child will benefit from the learning content. However, always be careful not to overwhelm your child and praise them for their successes. Your joyful reaction will delight your child!

• Count together how many discs you insert and then check how many discs are in the drawer. 1, 2, 3 ... that’s how you learn to count!

The large wooden Montessori coin box sorting game is more than just a toy – it is a valuable learning tool! The Montessori coin box supports the principles of Montessori pedagogy and provides for many hours of meaningful play. A high-quality and super great wooden toy for little explorers from 12 months on!

Material: Beech wood

Contents: Montessori coin box with three compartments, 2 coins each in blue, red, yellow