Sensorial
A KEY TO THE ENVIRONMENT
Sensorial materials qualify the exploration and knowledge of the environment through the child’s senses. It is a true cultural form that leads to perfectioning one’s personality, at the same level of language or mathematics. The sensorial materials connect the body and the mind thanks to their innate qualities: the isolation of quality, shade and error control which allows the child to correct itself. “With the sensorial materials we give a guide, a kind of impression classification you can get from each sense: colour, sound, noise, form and dimension, weight, tactile impression, smell and flavour… These qualities could be compared to the alphabet: a few sounds compared to countless words. Giving the qualities separately is like giving an exploration alphabet: that is to say, a key to open the doors of knowledge.” (Maria Montessori, The discovery of the child)
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The pink tower gives the child visual education of dimensions, sharpening the ability to distinguish different sizes even if they are very small. As with other Montessori materials for very small children, the pink tower help to develop concentration, willpower and intelligence. It shapes the logical-mathematical mind and helps to develop a sharper...
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The pink tower gives the child visual education of dimensions, sharpening the ability to distinguish different sizes even if they are very small. As with other Montessori materials for very small children, the pink tower help to develop concentration, willpower and intelligence. It shapes the logical-mathematical mind and helps to develop a sharper...
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La Torre Rosa deve trovare nell’ambiente un posto ben preciso, evidente e accessibile e rimanere disposta nella sua forma costruita: la base per la Torre Rosa ne consente la collocazione ad un’altezza adeguata, nella sua forma completa, pronta per essere utilizzata in autonomia e agio dal bambino che sceglie il lavoro.
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The cubes are used to calculate and compare the volumes of the cubes of the pink tower.
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The pink tower gives the child visual education of dimensions, sharpening the ability to distinguish different sizes even if they are very small. As with other Montessori materials for very small children, the pink tower helps to develop concentration, willpower and intelligence. It shapes the logical-mathematical mind and helps to develop a sharper...
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These small prisms are used to calculate and compare the volumes of the prisms of the brown stairs.
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This material encourages the freedom of choice and concentration. It sharpens the visual perception by educating the sense of sight related to the length as well as the ability to distinguish differences. Moreover, it develops the ability of seriation and gives the child important keys to its environment, expressed on various levels, including the...
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This rich material can be used from the age of 18 months until at least 6 years. It facilitates freedom of choice and concentration. Moreover it is designed to sharpen various abilities: gross and fine motoric skills, eye-hand coordination, visual perception through the education of sight with reference to dimension. It also develops the seriation ability...
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Block 1 can be used from the age of 18 months until at least 6 years. It facilitates freedom of choice and concentration. Moreover it is designed to sharpen various abilities: gross and fine motoric skills, eye-hand coordination, visual perception through the education of sight with reference to dimension (this block presents the idea of big/small and the...
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Block 2, to be used after block 1, facilitates freedom of choice and concentration, gross and fine motoric skills, eye-hand coordination, visual perception through the education of sight with reference to dimension (this block presents the idea of thin/thick and the related gradations). It also develops the seriation ability and offers the child important...
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Block 3, to be used from 24-26 months of age onwards, facilitates freedom of choice and concentration, gross and fine motoric skills, eye-hand coordination, visual perception through the education of sight with reference to dimension (this block presents the idea of short/tall and the related gradations). It also develops the seriation ability and offers...
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Block 4 is the last one to be used from 30 months of age onwards because it introduces more complex work with elements of inversely proportional dimensions. It, facilitates freedom of choice and concentration, gross and fine motoric skills, eye-hand coordination, visual perception through the education of sight with reference to dimension (this block...
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This material can be introduced when the child has become acquainted with the cylinder blocks and colour tablets, starting from the yellow cylinders and proceeding to the red,blue and at last green ones. As other sensorial materials the coloured cylinders sharpen many abilities: gross and fine motoric skills, eye-hand coordination, visual perception...
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From the age of 24 months the colour tablets give the child a visual education and refines the ability to distinguish different colours. Like other Montessori materials for very small children, this material helps to develop concentration, will, intelligence and sharpens the observation of the environment. Moreover, it develops the esthetical and artistic...
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From the age of 24 months the colour tablets give the child a visual education and refines the ability to distinguish different colours. Like other Montessori materials for very small children, this material helps to develop concentration, will, intelligence and sharpens the observation of the environment. Moreover, it develops the esthetical and artistic...
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This box is used from the age of 3 years onwards.The colour tablets give the child a visual education and refines the ability to distinguish different colours. Like other Montessori materials for very small children, this material helps to develop concentration, will, intelligence and sharpens the observation of the environment. Moreover, it develops the...
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Box 4 is used in combination with box 3 to make the circle of colour shades. The colour tablets give the child a visual education and refines the ability to distinguish different colours. Like other Montessori materials for very small children, this material helps to develop concentration, will, intelligence and sharpens the observation of the...
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Working with this material refines the auditory capacity up to developing the ability to recognise the sound characteristics of objects even without looking at them (you can do this blindfolded). Like other Montessori materials for very small children, this material helps to develop concentration, will, intelligence and sharpens the observation of the...
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As from the age of 2 years this material refines the tactile and visual discriminatory ability, Like other Montessori materials for very small children, this material helps to develop concentration, will, intelligence and sharpens the observation of the environment. Working with definitions it gradually enriches the small child’s vocabulary.
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Working with this material enables the child to recognise tactile characteristics of objects even without seeing them (blindfolded). Developing fine motor skills it is an excellent activity in preparation of writing. Like other Montessori materials for very small children, this material helps to develop concentration, will, intelligence and sharpens the...
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Working with this material enables the child to recognise tactile characteristics of objects even without seeing them (blindfolded). Developing fine motor skills it is an excellent activity in preparation of writing. Like other Montessori materials for very small children, this material helps to develop concentration, will, intelligence and sharpens the...
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This material can be used from 24-30 months onwards. It isolates temperature quality of different surfaces and can be used blindfolded to refine the ability to recognise the temperature of surfaces only by using only the tactile sense, not searching distinctions through sight.
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This material can be used from 24-30 months onwards. It isolates weight quality and can be used blindfolded to refine the ability to recognise the weight of objects only by feeling and weighing, not searching distinctions through sight.
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This material helps the child to refine its tasting sense. Tasting bottles offer an important key to understanding the environment as well as enriching the child’s vocabulary. Like in other sensorial activities, matching refines the concentration and attention abilities
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As from the age of three, this material introduces the child to studying plane geometry, showing how many plane figures can be made using only identical triangles. This material is also very useful in primary school, in particular when dyslexic children first start to study geometry. The blue triangles can be supported by nomenclatures, drawings or prints.
