Sensorial Materials

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.

A set of 7 thin, blue lined, high quality plastic  geometric cards with beautiful wooden tray.

Tray dimensions: 17 x 17 x 2 cm

Cards dimensions: 14 x 14 x 0.1 cm

Our Cylinder Blocks are made of solid beech wood and crafted to a high quality smooth finish.

Information: 
The cylinder blocks are ten wooden cylinders of various dimensions that can be removed from a fitted container block using a knobbed handle. To remove the cylinders, the child tends to naturally use the same three-finger grip used to hold pencils.

Several activities can be done with the cylinder blocks. The main activity involves removing the cylinders from the block and replacing them again in the spot that one got them from. The control of error is constituted in the child's inability to replace a cylinder in the wrong hole.

4 sets of 10 cylinders varying in height and/or diameter in each set.

Each set is in a separate wooden box with the lid painted the same color as the cylinders: red, green, yellow and blue.

Develop child's visual perception of dimension. It also provide experiences in comparison, and grading - indirect preparation for mathematics.

Dimensions of each wooden box: 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.75 Inches

Information: 
Also called the knobless cylinders, the colored cylinders are exactly the same dimensions as the cylinder blocks mentioned above.  
There are 4 boxes of cylinders: 

With only one cylinder block per step, it’s easy for children to put each block away, and the step formation gives increased visibility to each block.

The inside length of each shelf is 18 inches (46 cm).

Made of beech wood.

A set of 2 cloth bags (red and blue) containing 10 pairs of small wooden geometric solids for matching.

This sensorial Montessori activity’s purpose is visual discrimination but as with all Montessori activities it aims to develop more than just one skill. It is also a tool to learn and increase language, vocabulary and concentration.

The direct aim of this activity was developed by Maria Montessori to refine and develop the stereognostic tactile sense and memory of a child. The indirect aim is language and vocabulary development and also to learn the skill of concentrating. 

Mystery Bag: Same Shapes-Different Sizes

A set of 2 cloth bags containing 6 pairs of small wooden spheres for matching and sorting.

The mystery bag contains various object that the child feels and sorts without looking into the bag. The object is removed after the child has decided how to sort it and a visual check is done. (Though this may also be done blindfolded to add to the experience).

Plastic tablets, all the same size and shape, with end bars long enough for holding the tablets without touching the colored part of the tablet.

The wooden box with lid contains 3 pairs of the primary colors; 2 red, 2 yellow, and 2 blue tablets.

Wooden tablets, all the same size and shape, with end bars long enough for holding the tablets without touching the colored part of the tablet.

The wooden box with lid contains 3 pairs of the primary colors; 2 red, 2 yellow, and 2 blue tablets.

Plastic tablets, all the same size and shape, with end bars long enough for holding the tablets without touching the colored part of the tablet.

The wooden box with lid contains 22 tablets, representing the full color range, with pairs of each of the following colors: red, blue, yellow, orange, purple, green, pink, grey, brown, black, and white.

Wooden tablets, all the same size and shape, with end bars long enough for holding the tablets without touching the colored part of the tablet.

The wooden box with lid contains 22 tablets, representing the full color range, with pairs of each of the following colors: red, blue, yellow, orange, purple, green, pink, grey, brown, black, and white.

Plastic tablets, all the same size and shape, with end bars long enough for holding the tablets without touching the colored part of the tablet.

The wooden box with 9 compartments, each compartment containing 7 tablets in gradation of one color: red, pink, blue, yellow, purple, green, orange, brown, and grey.

There is only a slight difference between any two shades. Purpose: refinement of color perception.