Sensorial

The sensorial materials and activities at the Toddler and Primary level are iconic Montessori. They allow children to pursue their natural tendency to classify sensorial impressions and sort by size, shape, color, touch, sound, and weight. The sensorial materials isolate specific qualities, have a built in control of error, allow for repetition, and make abstract qualities concrete. Sensorial activities lay a foundation for math, geometry, geography, botany, art, and music.

Elementary Level students may refer back to these familiar materials to build on more advanced concepts but typically students are learning to become more abstract at this higher plane of development. Development of the senses in the elementary student continues not as its own task but rather as a part of specific curriculum areas such as classifying minerals in Earth Science or baking with spices in Practical life.