Montessori-Inspired Measurement & Language Resource | Prep-Free Classroom Play

🌼 A calm, hands-on way to explore capacity through meaningful dramatic play

Designed for busy classrooms, this ready-to-use resource helps children develop an understanding of capacity and descriptive language through engaging, tactile learning. With interchangeable elements and guided challenges, students are invited to explore, build, and describe as they play.

✔️ Why Teachers Love This

• ✔️ Ready to use – no prep required
• ✔️ Curriculum-aligned learning outcomes included
• ✔️ Encourages hands-on exploration of mathematical language
• ✔️ Supports independent and small group learning
• ✔️ Durable, reusable, and thoughtfully designed
• ✔️ Created and tested by an experienced classroom teacher

📦 What’s Included

Your set includes:

• 2 felt cups
• 8 Felt filler cylinders in a variety of sizes (to make the liquid levels)
• Interchangeable drink toppers  (felt circles in different colours to represent drink types)
• Double-sided laminated menu boards:
  • One side with prices
  • One side without prices
• Vocabulary cards with visual supports:
  • Full
  • Almost full
  • Half full
  • Almost empty
  • Empty
• 20 challenge cards (e.g. “Make a half full apple juice”)
• 2 different customer order forms (20 hard copies of each and instant digital download to print more if needed)

⚠️ Not suitable for children under 3 years of age due to small parts. Adult supervision recommended where appropriate.

Photographed with Shape Biscuits and a plate to show how it can fit seamlessly into any home corner or set-up. Check above to see what’s included.

🧠 Learning Focus

This resource supports:

• Understanding of capacity and volume concepts
• Use of mathematical language (full, half, empty, etc.)
• Visual discrimination and comparison
• Fine motor development
• Problem-solving and following instructions

Curriculum-aligned statements are included for easy planning and documentation.

🌿 Pairs well with:

• ✔️ Capacity Mugs and Scrumptious Slice (coming soon) – make a cafe with these drinks
• ✔️ Shapes Sandwich – salad sandwich and apple juice for lunch
• ✔️ Shapes Cookies – for a delightful morning or afternoon tea

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🎲 How to Use

Simply place the materials on a tray or table and invite your students to explore. Fill the cup with the filler cylinders and place on a drink topper to show what order you made. Take the learning a step further by selecting a drink order challenge card and finding the right filler cylinders and drink topper to make your drink to the correct capacity.

This resource can be used for:

• Independent learning tasks
• Small group activities
• Maths rotations
• Play-based learning centres

Children can freely explore or select a challenge card to turn the activity into a guided game—building drinks to match specific capacity descriptions.

📦Production & Shipping

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If you want to purchase this with other sets too, please email me for combined postage before you purchase (admin.playfullllearning@gmail.com).