All educational games are carefully selected, and many of them are of Montessori and Steinerian inspiration.
In general, we prefer materials that enable the child to interact with and develop a critical sense. The educational materials we use are made of natural and non-toxic materials and are designed to increase children’s sensory perception and stimulate imagination. Most of the materials are intentionally designed to be self-correcting (error-checking) to increase children’s ability to solve problems and develop practical skills. Additional games, are suitable for older children to start learning the alphabet and develop their first literacy and maths skills.
At Iaia Outdoor Education we do not have two games of the same type; we believe that this choice, inspired by the Montessori method, is a useful tool to educate children to know the importance of waiting for their turn to play a game.
This method encourages children through the observation of their schoolmate playing, to learn how to use the game in a patient and proper way.
