Folding

Folding
Practical Life - Care of the Environment
Level	Pre-Primary Primary
Age	3 - 4
Prerequisites	Carrying a Tray
Materials	4 square cloths with lines sew or drawn on

This activity teaches the child how to fold cloths.

Presentation

1. Take the tray to a mat or table. Place the tray in the upper right corner.

   

2. Lay out the four cloths across the bottom of the work-space in the order shown.

   

3. Trace the line in the first cloth from left to right with the first two fingers of the dominant hand.

   

4. Hold each of the top two corners of the cloth and bring them down to match up with the bottom two corners.

   

5. Smooth the crease.

   

6. Trace the line of the second cloth from the upper left corner to the lower right.

   

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Points of Interest

To put the corners exactly together

Control of Error

The line sewed on the fabric. The fold should be on this line.

Variations and Extensions

• folding clothing

Material

This material consists of four (sometimes more) cloths that are about 10 inches square. Each of the cloths has lines sewn across with thread of a contrasting color.

Make Your Own

Cut out four squares of fabric measuring around 10 inches on each side. Serge or hem the edges (if hemming, make the squares a little bigger to start). Use a contrasting color of thread to sew lines across the fabrics as shown:

Where to Buy

Prices and links checked: 23 January 2022

Folding
Store	Price
Adena 8 cloths	$29.95
Affordable Montessori	$32.00
Alison's blue	$15.75
Alison's white	$22.80
E & O	$38.70
Leader Joy	$27.95
Lord Co.	$25.00
Kid Advance 5 cloths	$24.99
Montessori Services	$12.00
Montessori Services	$39.95
M.Vita Montessori Material blue red	$25.99

Further Reading

• Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, page 28
• Teach Me to Do It Myself by Maja Pitamic, page 18