The Nienhuis Montessori Solaris multipurpose clock turns telling time into a creative activity for children to build their own clock using the Solaris components! Solaris is a unique, multipurpose clock equipped with various interchangeable clock faces which are commonly found in every day life: Arabic numerals, Roman numerals divided into minutes and a sundial.<\/p>\n
The Nienhuis Montessori Solaris introduces the concept of time<\/a> as a function of the sun and rotation of the earth and opens to the children an entirely new perception of time concepts and their relationships.<\/p>\n The supplied compass is used to orient the clock to north and introduces the concept of direction on the planet\u2019s surface – also known as \u2018magnetic\u2019 north<\/a>.<\/p>\n