Description

During the age of 2.5 to 6 years of age, children enter a highly sensitised period, when they can absorb new teachings that will benefit them throughout their life-time.  Although it is common to hear mention of the 5 senses, Maria Montessori strongly believed that there are 9 senses that need to be developed, the thermic tablets made from a marble tablet, works on their sense of temperature.

• Touch (tactile)
• Smell (olfactory)
• Taste (gustatory)
• Sight (visual)
• Hearing (auditory)
• Temperature (thermic)
• Muscular (kinesthetic)
• Weight (baric)
• Tactile gnosis (sterognostic) – also known as the “blind person’s sense”

Features of the Thermic Tablets: Marble Tablet:

• the direct objective for the Child is to;
  • be able to differentiate between objects with different temperature
• indirectly, the Child learns to;
  • focus and concentrate
  • learn correct vocabulary to express what they feel
  • increase their tactile sense
• curriculum support material that forms part of the Montessori sensorial curriculum
• this is a useful product for children who are being home-schooled

Contents:

• 1 marble tablet

Size:  8cm x 4cm x 0.5 cm / (3¼” x 1½” x ¼”)