The
Sensorial Materials in the Montessori classroom help children to distinguish, to categorize, and to relate new information to what they already know. Dr. Montessori believed that this process is the beginning of conscious knowledge. It is brought about by the intelligence working in a concentrated way on the impressions given by the senses.
This area enable children to order, classify and describe impressions in relation to length, width, temperature, mass, color and other characteristics.The child in the picture below is arranging cylinders by grading the diameter.
The students are exploring shapes in the form of a puzzle.
The student is exploring and grading the concept of small/large and thin/thick using the Montessori materials: Pink Tower and Brown Stairs.
The student is giving a presentation of how to stack cubes to make a tower to friends. Together they are learning the concept of small/large.
By isolating into the sense of touch, the student is learning the textures of rough and smooth.
The student is grading the cylinders by height and diameter. Each color set differ in height and diameter.
The student is working on an
extension with the
knobless cylinders (red, green and yellow), thus grading 3 different
knobless cylinders in height and diameter to build a tower.
The students are exploring shapes in the form of a puzzle.
The student is exploring and grading the concept of small/large and thin/thick using the Montessori materials: Pink Tower and Brown Stairs.
The student is giving a presentation of how to stack cubes to make a tower to friends. Together they are learning the concept of small/large.
By isolating into the sense of touch, the student is learning the textures of rough and smooth.
