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Question no 5 :
How does Montessori program help develop tactile
sense?
In Tactile sense child learns to perceive his world via touch. For young
children, the sense of touch is a key to understanding the world around
them. Encourage touch and exploration, discussing what your child is
touching. Is it "rough" or "smooth"? Is it "bumpy" or "silky"? Use rich
descriptive words that will teach your child the language to describe
what he feels. It is to be remembered that these games are of the greatest
importance in the method, because upon them, in union with the
exercises for the movement of the hand, we base the acquisition of
writing.

Tactile Exercises are divided into four classifications:

Sense Classifications Different Exercises

Exploring Textures: Touch Board, Touch Tablets, Touch
the Fabric
Tactile Exploring Weight: Baric Tablets
Sense Exploring Thermic Bottles, Thermic Tablets
Temperatures:
Exercises of Sorting Trays, Mystery Bags, Puzzle
Stereognostic Maps, Sandpaper Globe
Sense:

How Montessori program help to develop Tactile Sense:

In Montessori program, materials such as the Rough and Smooth
(Touch) Boards, Touch Tablets, and Fabric Box are some of the first
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touch materials that child will use. Look for fabric, wood, different
grades of sandpaper, different types of paper, and other materials that
help your child learn about the language and explore the experience of
touch.
Note: For all different exercises mention above the pre-requisite is to
sensitize fingers. Below mention few exercises and how to do it.

Exploring Textures: Touch Tablets:

Materials: One box having five pairs of wooden tablets with gradations

of roughness. A blindfold.

Procedure:
  Take out two to three pairs with greater contrast and put it on the table.
  Mix them and then pick one tablet at a time feel it in hand, lightly stroke
it and then put aside.
  Tell the child “I am going to find the one which is just like this”.
  Find the other tablet and put it with previous one. Allow child to feel the
similarity.
  Repeat this exercise with all the rest tablets. Now again repeat this
exercise while using blindfold. Now again mix the tablets and allow
child to do this himself.
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Here child learn a tactile sense to differentiate between rough and

smooth. The blindfold will help the child to focus on his attention upon
one sense. Children learn the vocabulary by three period-lesson.
Vocabulary: rough and roughest
Directress plays five memory games with the child.

Exploring Weight: Baric Tablets:

Materials: Three separate boxes having six to eight wooden tablets.

Each set is a different weight, color and wood from each other. Tablets
are however same in shape and size. A blindfold.

Procedure: 
                
  Bring two boxes on table which contains heaviest and lightest tablets.
  Directress shows the child how to hold the tablet in palm of a hand.
  Feel the heaviest tablet and also let the child to feel it. After that child
can handle the tablet himself. Now again repeat this exercise while using
blindfold.
Here child learn a tactile sense to differentiate between the weights and
later on for mathematics. The blindfold will help the child to focus on
his attention upon one sense. Children learn the vocabulary by three
period-lesson. Vocabulary: Heaviest and lightest
Directress plays five memory games with the child.

Exploring Temperature: Thermic Bottles:

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Materials: Four pairs of metal containers, each pair containing water at

various temperatures.
Bottle Pair 1: 37(Room temperature), Bottle Pair 2: 27(tap water), Bottle
Pair 3: 17(Refrigerated water), Bottle Pair 4: 47(warm water), Cool
refrigerator water, tap water.

Procedure: Directress prepares bottles.

  Take out first set of bottles have the child feel the bottles one at a time.
Tell the child that “I am finding the bottle which has the same
temperature”. Put bottles in a line and let the child take the bottles and
feel it.
  Repeat with second set, third and fourth. Mix them and line up and let
the child do it by          
      himself under directress supervision.
Here child learn a tactile sense to differentiate between different
temperatures. Children learn the vocabulary by three period-lesson.
Vocabulary: Hot and cold. Directress plays five memory games with the
child.