Spoken Language

Enrichment of Vocabulary:
Sensorial Materials
Materials The Sensorial Materials

Purposes  To enlarge the vocabulary and help the child in his classification of
the environment
 To build self-confidence
 To establish auditory memory
 Preparation for further studies
 Preparation for Reading Classification

Age 2.5 and up

Presentation After sufficient experience, the guide will present the language associated
with the sensorial materials, including the puzzle maps, the leaf cabinet,
and where appropriate, the superlative and comparative. The technique
used is the Three Period Lesson.

Language

Cylinder Blocks Block A: thick – thin Superlatives and

Block B: large-small Comparatives
Block C: No language
Block D: Tall-short

Pink Tower large – small Superlatives and

Comparatives

Brown Stair thick – thin Superlatives and

Comparatives

Red Rods long – short Superlatives and

Comparatives

Color Tablets Box 1: red, blue, yellow Box 3:

Box 2: red, blue, yellow, orange, purple, Superlatives and
green, pink, gray, brown, black, white Comparatives
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Enrichment of Vocabulary: Sensorial Materials

Geometry Cabinet Quadrilaterals: rectangle, square, rhombus,

parallelogram, trapezoid, right-angled
trapezoid

Curved figures: Circle, oval, ellipse,

quatrefoil, curvilinear triangle

Triangles: Equilateral, right-angled

isosceles, acute-angled isosceles, obtuse-
angled isosceles, right-angled scalene,
obtuse-angled scalene, acute-angled
scalene

Polygons: Pentagon, hexagon, heptagon,

octagon, nonagon, decagon

Sound Boxes loud - soft Superlatives and

Comparatives

The Bells high – low Superlatives and

Comparatives

Rough and Smooth rough - smooth

Boards

Touch Tablets rough – smooth Superlatives and

Comparatives

Fabric Boxes First Box: cotton, linen, wool, jute, etc.

Second Box:: Broadcloth, velvet, lace
corduroy, jersey, flannel, crepe, piquē,
satin, brocade, net, knit, shantung, etc.

Thermic Bottles hot, warm, cool, cold

Baric Tablets heavy, light Superlatives and

Comparatives

Tasting Bottles sweet, sour, bitter, salty

Smelling Jars the name of the substance

Superlatives and
Sound Boxes loud, soft Comparatives
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Bells high, low Superlatives and

the name of the notes Comparatives

Geometric Solids sphere, cube, cone, cylinder, rectangular

prism, tetrahedron, triangular prism, square
pyramid, ellipsoid, ovoid

Constructive Gray triangle: side, angle, base, vertex

Triangles: Green triangle: height or altitude
Triangular Box Yellow triangle: bisector, center
Red triangle: midpoint of the side

Leaf Cabinet aciculate, elliptic, chordate, linear, ovate,

obchordate, lanceolate, obovate, reniform,
spatulate, deltoid, orbiculate, hastate,
sagittate.

Painted Globe continent, ocean

Land and Water island, lake, peninsula, gulf, isthmus, strait,

Forms cape, bay, archipelago, system of lakes

Puzzle Map of the Continents: North America, South

World America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica,
Oceania
Oceans: Artic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian,
Antarctic
Hemispheres: Northern, Southern, Eastern
and Western

Puzzle Map of the (For North America, depending on the map

Child’s Own manufacturer)
Continent Greenland, Canada, United States of
America, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El
Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa
Rica, Panama, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican
Republic, Puerto Rico.

Puzzle Map of the Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California,

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Enrichment of Vocabulary: Sensorial Materials

Child’s Own Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Montana,

Country Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Michigan, Ohio,
Alabama, Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West
Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alaska, Hawaii