Sensorial case essay

Dr Maria Montessori Once the child is introduced to the sensorial activities in the classroom, he starts working with the material, which grabs his attention and develops a sense of judgment and comparison, as to how to use the material.

While the sensorial exercises no longer involve familiar objects, they are working with skills the child uses every day- his senses. The child’s senses are his link with the world around him and his only means of exploring his environment. The formative years, from birth to six, are a time of great sensory exploration for the child.

The stereognostic sense gives the child “solid knowledge” to perceive and understand the size, form, shape, and nature of a solid object. Margaret Humphrey of Montessori World has an excellent online video lesson called stereognostic sense, children can be given some cylinders blocks and three pairs of the cubes of pink tower.

The works of Montessori add to the traditional five senses a sixth sense called stereognostic. The word “stereognostic” comes from two Greek words: stereos for “solid” and gnosis for “knowledge” and it is the ability to recognize objects by the combined sense of touch and movement.