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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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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Placing the tokens in the bowls is a very gratifying activity which educates at recognising and distinguishing the colours and chromatic differences. Like for many other Montessori materials used by very small children it helps to develop concentration, willpower, intelligence and a sharper observation of the surrounding. It also gradually enrichens the...
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Working with this material refines the child's ability to visually discriminate between color and shape and, like other Montessori materials used by very young children, this work helps develop concentration, willpower, and intelligence. Cubes and parallelepipeds, placed in relation to each other, give a practical representation of the algebraic formula...
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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.
