Sensorial Activities in Montessori Schools

There are different types of sensorial activities which are taught to children in the Montessori schools. First let us know why these are known sensorial activities. These activities introduce the children to the world of senses which enable the child to refine all his senses, from visual to stereognostic. “Montessori” is also called a “sensorial explorer” and http://www.kidadvance.com/ is the institute carrying the real concept. This is because it enables the child to study the environment, though the help of which he can be able to understand the environment better, thereby exploring the environment in his own way. The Montessori schools help the child to understand the environment through his own experiences rather than by word of mouth. Some of them are discussed here.

Geometric Cabinet Control Chart: This activity through this chart introduces the children to world of different kinds of shapes and sizes; thus giving them a brief introduction to geometry. This chart is generally made up of plastic board to enhance durability.

Geometric Demonstration Tray: Like the geometric cabinet control chart, the geometric demonstration tray helps to demonstrate the children about the different kinds of shapes and sizes amongst the geometrical figures such as Quadrilaterals likes rectangles, squares, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid, right angled trapezoid, etc., Triangles like isosceles, equilateral, right angled triangle, scalene triangle, etc, polygons like pentagon, hexagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon, etc.

Montessori Cards forGeometric Demonstration Tray-in Card, Form Card and Cabinet: These cards are also used to teach the children the different kinds of shapes and sizes in mathematics sucs as the geometrical figures. This is for children between age group of 3 to 4 ½ years of age.