The goal of the Montessori Sensorial area is to educate children’s senses. This curriculum area contains Montessori-specific materials that help children refine their experience of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell. In addition, the materials of this area are modelled on scientifically-based concepts, such as the metric system, dimensions or algebraic formulas. Sensory experiences with materials such as these are the child's first step toward understanding the abstract concepts they represent.
The Sensorial materials are designated as tools that develop the young child’s concentration, order, coordination, and the ability to make finer and finer distinctions. The more refined and detailed the information the brain receives from the work, the finer the distinctions the brain creates. The sensorial materials are designed to refine the child’s senses in distinguishing visual cues of size, shape and colour, tactile cues of texture, weight and temperature, and auditory, olfactory and gustatory cues.
