Secondary Colour Tablets

1. Colour Variety:
o The set includes 11 pairs of rectangular tablets, each painted in a range of primary, secondary, and neutral colours: red, yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, brown, pink, grey, white, and black.
o By working with these colours, children gain exposure to the full spectrum of colours they encounter in their everyday lives, fostering a deeper understanding of colour relationships.

2. Extension of Primary Colour Knowledge:
o After the introduction of the Primary Colour Tablets, this material allows children to move into secondary colours (green, orange, and purple), which are created by mixing two primary colours together.
o This helps deepen their understanding of how colours are related and provides the foundation for exploring more complex colour concepts like colour mixing.

3. Sensorial Development:
o The tactile and visual experience of handling and matching the tablets enhances the child’s sensory development. They practice colour discrimination, learn to identify colours, and match pairs, all of which refine their chromatic sense.

o The simple, rectangular shape of the tablets helps children focus on colour perception, without distractions from complex shapes or patterns.

4. Fine Motor Skills:
o Matching the pairs and handling the tablets promotes fine motor development, encouraging the child to use their hands and fingers with increasing dexterity. This contributes to the child’s overall muscle control and coordination.

5. Language and Cognitive Skills:
o As children engage with the material, they also develop colour-related vocabulary (red, green, purple, etc.), supporting language development.
o Sorting and matching the tablets helps build cognitive skills such as classification, organization, and problem-solving.

6. Storage and Organization:
o The Beech wood box helps keep the tablets organized, while also teaching children to store materials properly. The box is sturdy and well-crafted, making it ideal for classroom or home use.

• Base Material: The tablets are made from durable beech wood, known for its smooth texture and resistance to wear, ensuring that the set will last for many years of use.
•  Paint: The tablets are painted with non-toxic, child-safe paints in vibrant colours that stimulate visual interest. The high-quality paint ensures a consistent, durable finish that will withstand repeated handling.
•  Storage: The set comes in a compact Beech wood box, making it easy to store and organize the tablets. The box helps maintain the set’s integrity and encourages children to practice cleanliness and organization.

1. Colour Recognition and Discrimination:
o The child will enhance their ability to recognize and discriminate between a wide range of colours, including primary, secondary, and neutral colours (like black, white, brown, etc.).
2. Colour Mixing and Relationships:
o By introducing the secondary colours (green, orange, purple), children can begin to understand the concept of colour mixing and how different colours are related to one another (e.g., blue + yellow = green).
o This forms a foundational understanding of colour theory, which can be expanded upon in later activities involving colour exploration and mixing.

3. Sensorial and Fine Motor Development:

o The physical act of matching the coloured tablets, organizing them, and handling them promotes both visual and muscular sensory development. It also strengthens fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

4. Concentration and Focus:
o As the child works with the tablets, they are encouraged to focus on the task of matching pairs and categorizing colours, which enhances their concentration and attention to detail.

5. Cognitive and Language Development:
o The material also helps in the development of language skills, as children learn to name and identify colours. Additionally, they practice classification and sorting, which are important cognitive skills that will support more complex learning tasks in the future.

1. Matching Exercise:
o The primary use of the Secondary Colour Tablets is to match pairs of the same colour. Children can work through the colours in any order, learning to recognize and name the colours as they go.
2. Exploring Colour Relationships:
o After becoming familiar with the primary colours and secondary colours, the child can begin to experiment with how colours relate to each other. For example, mixing primary colours to create secondary colours or identifying other common colours in
their environment.
3. Sorting by Colour:
o You can encourage the child to sort the tablets by colour family (e.g., all redstogether, all blues together) or by hue (warm vs. cool colours). This helps to reinforce colour categorization and organization skills.

4. Colour Naming:
o As the child works with the tablets, ask them to name the colours aloud to reinforce their colour vocabulary and foster language development.

The Secondary Colour Tablets is a beautifully simple yet highly effective Montessori material that opens up a world of colour exploration and learning for children. By offering a hands-on way to explore both primary and secondary colours, this material helps to refine a child’s visual discrimination and understanding of colour relationships.
The set also supports the development of essential skills such as fine motor coordination, concentration, and language acquisition while introducing children to the foundations of colour
theory. With its durable materials and engaging design, the Secondary Colour Tablets will provide countless opportunities for creative exploration and learning.