Tasting Exercise: Dropper With Screw Cap - Black / Black
Made by Nienhuis Montessori · shipped by Heutink International (Netherlands) About the maker
A replacement dropper with a black screw cap for the tasting exercise. The tasting bottles are worked in pairs, and the cap colour is how a pair is recognised before anything is tasted, so a replacement has to match the colour it stands in for rather than simply fit the bottle. Droppers also perish where the rubber meets the liquid, which is why they are sold on their own. The tasting bottles are a separate item.
“Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world.”
The Tasting Exercise Dropper serves as a precise instrument for isolating and refining the gustatory sense in young children.
- Refinement of gustatory discrimination through controlled liquid sampling
- Development of pincer grip strength through rubber bulb compression
- Understanding of cause and effect in squeeze-release liquid transfer
- Concentration skills through focused single-drop delivery
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This dropper's controlled squeeze mechanism allows children to experience taste in its purest form - one careful drop at a time on the tongue. By limiting the quantity of liquid delivered through the dropper's narrow tip, children can focus their complete attention on identifying subtle flavor differences. The black screw cap maintains the integrity of taste solutions between presentations, preventing contamination that would compromise the sensory experience. In Montessori sensorial education, the dropper becomes an extension of the child's developing will, requiring deliberate hand movements to extract and release liquids. This precision tool transforms the abstract concept of taste discrimination into a concrete, repeatable experience where children can verify their perceptions through multiple trials with the same controlled dropper delivery.
How to present it
Follow the Montessori method of presentation for optimal child development.
Prepare four small glass bowls with taste solutions: sweet (sugar water), salty (salt water), sour (lemon water), and bitter (tonic water). Place dropper in neutral water bowl for rinsing. Set up on a tray with small pitcher of drinking water and glass.
- 1
Demonstrate squeezing the rubber bulb before inserting dropper tip into solution
Show the child how to squeeze completely before submerging to prevent air bubbles - 2
Release bulb slowly to draw liquid up into the dropper tube
Count to three during release to ensure adequate liquid uptake - 3
Hold dropper vertically above extended tongue and gently squeeze one drop
Have child tilt head slightly back and keep tongue still for accurate placement - 4
Rinse dropper thoroughly in neutral water between tastes
Squeeze and release three times in rinse water to prevent flavor mixing - 5
Secure black cap tightly after completing all taste tests
Demonstrate the twisting motion needed to create an airtight seal
Every Child Is a Little Creator
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Since 1929
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Tasting Exercise: Dropper With Screw Cap - Black / Black
