Sensorial Materials

Montessori Sensorial Materials are materials used in the Montessori classroom to help a child develop and refine their five senses. Use of these Sensorial Materials constitutes the next level of difficulty after those of Practical Life.
The development of the child at this stage is characterized by a sequence of sensitive periods. The Montessori Sensorial Materials have been designed to respond to these sensitive periods.
Maria Montessori stated, “The secret of preparing one for a particular skill consists in utilizing that period of life between the ages of 3 and 6, when there is a natural inclination to perfect ones senses and movements.”
In terms of adaptation Maria Montessori strived to offer the environment to the child in a very clear, concrete form through the use of “materialized abstractions” as they allowed the child to reorganize his knowledge according to new Practical Life principles and, thus, increase his capacity for learning.
The training of the senses is of utmost importance in the education of the young child. The development of the senses actually precedes that of the higher intellectual faculties. In fact the child’s sensori-motor experiences are the foundation of his intellectual life.

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Pink Tower

Ten wooden cubes painted pink and varying from 1 x 1 x 1cm to 10 x 10 x 10cm, including one spare 1x1x1 cube.

" Montessori Pink Tower differs in 3 dimensions" - Maria Montessori.

Information:
The work is designed to provide the child with a concept of "big" and "small."
The child starts with the largest cube and puts the second-largest cube on top of it. This continues until all ten cubes are stacked on top of each other.
The control of error is visual. The child sees the cubes are in the wrong order and knows that they should fix them.

The successive dimensions of each cube are such that if the cubes are stacked flush with a corner, the smallest cube may be fit squarely on the ledge of each level.

SKU

2.01

$119.00

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Pink Tower Stand

A beautiful wooden display stand to hold a Pink Tower.

Made of high quality natural wood.

Designed to help in organizing the Montessori Environment.

SKU

2.01.02

$22.00

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Pink Tower Paper

The set includes 10 laminated matching cards.

Dimensions: 14 x 14 cm.

SKU

2.01.03

$8.00

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Broad (Brown) Stair - Brown Lacquer

High quality brown stair. Ten hardwood prisms painted in dark brown lacquer.

Varying from 1cm x 1 cm x 20 cm to 10 cm x 10 cm x 20cm.

Information:
The broad stair (also called Brown Stair) is designed to teach the concepts of "thick" and "thin". It comprises ten sets of wooden prisms with a natural or brown stain finish. When put together from thickest to thinnest, they make an even staircase.
As an extension, the broad stairs are often used with the pink tower to allow the child to make many designs.

SKU

2.02

$249.00

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Brown Stairs Paper

The set includes 10 laminated matching cards to work with Montessori Brown Stairs.

Dimensions: 24 x 14 cm.

SKU

2.02.01

$8.00

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Broad Stair - Painted Brown

Ten brown wooden prisms made of hardwood and painted brown.

Varying from 1 cm x 1 cm x 20 cm to 10 cm x 10 cm x 20 cm.

High quality.

Information:
The broad stair (also called Brown Stair) is designed to teach the concepts of "thick" and "thin". It comprises ten sets of wooden prisms with a natural or brown stain finish. When put together from thickest to thinnest, they make an even staircase.
As an extension, the broad stairs are often used with the pink tower to allow the child to make many designs.

SKU

2.02B

$210.00

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Red (Long) Rods

10 solid wooden rods painted red, increasing in length from 10 to 100 cm

Information:
The red rods are rods with a square cross section, varying only in length.

The smallest is 10 cm long and the largest is one meter long. Each rod is 2.5 cm/1inch square.

By holding the ends of the rods with two hands, the material is designed to give the child a sense of long and short.

SKU

2.03

$108.00

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Stand for Red/Number Rods

Wooden Stand to hold Red or Number Rods in a vertical position.

SKU

2.03.01

$54.00

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Geometric Solids

The whole set includes 10 geometric solids:cylinder, cube, ellipsoid, cone, sphere, square-based pyramid, triangular-based pyramid, ovoid, rectangular prism, and triangular prism.

Also included are 3 wooden stands for the curved solids.

High quality, painted in glossy blue.

SKU

2.04

$169.00

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Geometric Solids with Box & Bases

10 geometric solids: cylinder, cube, ellipsoid, cone, sphere, square-based pyramid, triangular-based pyramid, ovoid, rectangular prism, and triangular prism.

High quality, painted in glossy blue.

This set also includes wooden box to hold the solids, five wooden plane bases and three wooden stands for the curved solids.

SKU

2.04.01B

$199.00

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Geometric Solids - Natural Finish

Beautiful birch wood in a natural finish. Cylinder, cube, ellipsoid, cone, sphere, square-based pyramid, ovoid, rectangular prism, and triangular prism. Also included are and 3 wooden stands.

SKU

2.04.01N

$229.00