PINK TOWER

Age group- 2.5 to 4 year old

Skills- Numeracy, Cognition and Motor
Learning outcome- helps a child build a concept of size in three dimensions. This includes working on
visual perception, and awareness of dimension, both leading to an understanding of size in the
environment, dimension and order.
- It will provide sensorial stimulation
- Will develop pre numeracy skills to mathematical concepts like ascending & descending order, big
& small, weight and progression of the size.
- helps develop a child’s fine muscular coordination and refine voluntary movement.
- works on the perfection of hand movements, and the coordination of hand & eye movement.
- Will refine senses and will strengthen focus & concentration.
How it is to be used-
1) Roll out a mat.
2) Invite the child to the sensorial area and identify the pink tower.
3) Starting at the top, with the smallest cube, pick up one at a time, with one hand on top and one hand
on underneath. Carry the cubes to the mat and arrange randomly on mat.
4) Once all cubes are on the mat, sit on the child’s dominant side.
5) Begin to construct the Pink Tower, by picking up the largest cube with fingertips of each hand on either
side of the cube.
6) From time to time, stop and pause to compare a cube to the next smallest one to make certain you
chose the appropriate next cube. Also, take time to center using a bird’s eye view as your measure.
7) When the tower is complete, check centering using a bird’s eye view once again.
8) Randomize the cubes again and offer the child a turn. Remember they will make mistakes at first, but
will gradually perfect the ability to judge size with practice.