Senses
What is your gustatory sense?
Your sense of taste
What are three examples of pairing activities?
Cylinder blocks, Temperature tablets, color tablets, Geometry and Leaf cabinet, touch tablets, etc.
How are the sensorial materials an indirect preparation for other areas?
Experience for language, physical preparation of prehensile grip, etc.
What is meant by “language with meaning”?
Language only has meaning when rooted in concrete experience - give experience first, then language
Children are _____ learners
Sensory-motor learners
What is your kinesthetic sense?
The awareness of your body in space
What are the 3 types of games you can play with sensorial materials?
Environment
Language
Stereognostic
How do sensorial materials help children develop an aesthetic sense?
The ability to discriminate helps children discover what they like.
Name 4 Characteristics of Sensorial Materials
Attractive, Scientific, Isolation of a quality, Isolation of a sense, Limitations - physical and social, Materialized Abstraction, Non-Adaptable, Universal, Keys to the World, No duplicate sets, Control of Error, Indirect Preparation
Sensorial materials support the process of ____________ education.
Auto-education
Name all 5 senses and a material for each
Visual, Auditory, Olfactory, Gustatory, Tactile
What material does not have a three-period lessons?
The Roman Arch
Why is sensorial called the gateway to intelligence?
Because senses form the foundation of knowledge and intelligence. If the child is able to clearly perceive the world, they are capable of responding to it.
What are the four general principles of sensorial?
Simple to complex, Concrete to abstract, Experience before language, Whole to parts
What are the three roles of the adult in the sensorial area?
Observation, Presentations, Display