Sensorial Education in Montessori
Sensorial Education
Introduction to Sensorial
What is Sensorial Education?
Sensorial education can simply be defined as the training of senses of children for future learning.
What is Sensorial Work
Sensorial comes from the words sense or senses. It helps the child to be able to concentrate on the refinement of all his senses, from visual to stereognostic.
The Purpose of Sensorial Work
The purpose and aim of Sensorial work is for the child to acquire clear, conscious, information and to be able to then make classifications in his environment. Montessori believed that sensorial experiences began at birth. Through his senses, the child studies his environment. Through this study, the child then begins to understand his environment. The child, to Montessori, is a “sensorial explorer”.
Through work with the sensorial materials, the child is given the keys to classifying the things around him, which leads to the child making his own experiences in his environment. Through the classification, the child is also offered the first steps in organizing his intelligence, which then leads to his adapting to his environment. Importance of Sensorial Education * Sensorial apparatus provides the child with sensori-motor activities which have been systematically planned for the five senses. * Where possible each sense is isolated to provide an intense experience. * Where possible there is a control of error in the apparatus so that the child corrects his own mistakes. * The materials encourage the child to work in an ordered way because of the way they are designed and because of the way they are presented. * The use of the materials for the designated purposes provides valuable experiences which should make a good contribution to the development of logical thinking. * The teacher’s activity is minimal and the child’s rate of activity is at maximum. * Where possible the exercises are individual because each child is at a different
Introduction to Sensorial
What is Sensorial Education?
Sensorial education can simply be defined as the training of senses of children for future learning.
What is Sensorial Work
Sensorial comes from the words sense or senses. It helps the child to be able to concentrate on the refinement of all his senses, from visual to stereognostic.
The Purpose of Sensorial Work
The purpose and aim of Sensorial work is for the child to acquire clear, conscious, information and to be able to then make classifications in his environment. Montessori believed that sensorial experiences began at birth. Through his senses, the child studies his environment. Through this study, the child then begins to understand his environment. The child, to Montessori, is a “sensorial explorer”.
Through work with the sensorial materials, the child is given the keys to classifying the things around him, which leads to the child making his own experiences in his environment. Through the classification, the child is also offered the first steps in organizing his intelligence, which then leads to his adapting to his environment. Importance of Sensorial Education * Sensorial apparatus provides the child with sensori-motor activities which have been systematically planned for the five senses. * Where possible each sense is isolated to provide an intense experience. * Where possible there is a control of error in the apparatus so that the child corrects his own mistakes. * The materials encourage the child to work in an ordered way because of the way they are designed and because of the way they are presented. * The use of the materials for the designated purposes provides valuable experiences which should make a good contribution to the development of logical thinking. * The teacher’s activity is minimal and the child’s rate of activity is at maximum. * Where possible the exercises are individual because each child is at a different