Baric tablets

 Have you ever wondered why this sorting in middle of everything else? What is the significace of these tablets ?

I have often thought about in my first years of practice with children and then brushed it aside  thinking, something easy to show - just leave it ....

I know the aims and objectives of this presentation but not given deeper thought to it ...

But few things I had managed to take care while sorting 

1.  Weigh two same tablets on different hands together 

2. Make sure you weigh different size tablets On the hand from the previous weighing so that the subtle idea of weighing is passed on 

Once an experienced trainer asked to present this and then she walked us through how those little nuances are important to pass on the aim to the child.

I forgot to write them down but the experience remains intact ...

So I read about them and here are few technical details and some interesting information

Technical aspects:

        For the education of baric sense, I use with great success little wooden tablets, six by eight centimetres, having a thickness of half centimetre.These tablets are in three different qualities of wood - wistaria, walnut and pine. They weigh respectively 24,12 and 18g, making them differ in weight by 6g. These tablets should be very smooth; if possible, varnished in such a way that every roughness shall be eliminated, but so that the natural colour of the wood remain. The child, observing the colour, know that they are of differing weights, and this offers a means of controlling the exercise. He takes two of the tablets in his hands, letting them rest upon the palm at the base of his outstretched fingers. Then he moves his hands up and down in order to gauge the weight. 

Now coming to idea 

Why up and down 

How to offer baric tablets 

There is so much that makes sense as to why behind these offerings