Sensorial
Sensorial materials and activities listed below.
S11 Geometric solids
Description
Introduction to different geometric solids
Purpose
To learn different geometric solids
Buy / DIY Material(s)
S12 Geometric shapes
Description
Make their own shapes
Purpose
To learn making different shapes
Buy / DIY Material(s)
(geoboard, plastic band)
S13 Geometric Insets
Description
Trace and learn shapes
Purpose
To learn different shapes
Buy / DIY Material(s)
(cardboard, pins as knobs)
S14 Geometric Shapes
Description
Present shapes & arrange each shape from largest to smallest
Purpose
To learn geometric forms and awareness of gradations
Buy / DIY Material(s)
(balsa wood & cardboard)
S15 Color Tablets
Description
Color matching & arrange tablets in gradation of colors
Purpose
Develop color appreciation and sensitivity to the harmony of color
Buy / DIY Material(s)
(paint color samples, cardboard/any hard backing)
S16 Button Game
Description
Sort & count colored buttons
Purpose
Differentiate between colors
Buy / DIY Material(s)
(tray with slots, color buttons)
S17 Naming the color
Description
Present color circles with name to child
Purpose
To associate the name with the color it represents
Buy / DIY Material(s)
(cardboard & labels)
S18 Cylinder Insets
Description
Block A: same height, different diameter
Block B: same diameter length decreases
Block C: diameter decreases, length decreases
Block D: diameter increases, length decreases
Remove cylinders & replace by blocks, then do 2, 3 & 4 blocks together and eventually do exercise blindfold.
Purpose
Visual and tactile education of differing dimensions.
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Constructive Playthings search on “cylinder blocks”
S19 Pink Tower
Description
Ten solid wooden cubes varying in size from 1 cubic centimeter to 1 cubic decimeter.
Purpose
Visual and muscular perception of dimension leading to an abstract understanding of size.
Perfection of hand movements.
Preparation for mathematics.
Preparation for cube root.
Buy / DIY Material(s)
DIY. Made from cardboards & wrap with pink art paper.
S20 Brown Stairs
Description
Ten, brown, wooden prisms all the same length but varying height and width from 1 centimeter to 10 centimeters (or one decimeter squared). The end faces represent the squares of the numbers one through ten.
Purpose
Visual and muscular perception of dimension.
Demonstrates the relationship and difference between the squares of the numbers 1 to 10.
Buy / DIY Material(s)
Made from cardboards & wrap with brown art paper.