If you’re a teacher who’s already familiar with the Montessori sensorial materials, you may be looking for ways to engage your students further. Here are a few variations and extensions for the knobbed cylinders and color table that can help keep students interested and challenged. Enjoy!
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There’s no question that Montessori sensorial materials offer a wealth of activities for students to explore. But, as with any exercise, sometimes it’s fun to mix things up a bit!
This post will look at some fun variations and extensions for knobbed cylinders and the color table. So get ready to add some new twists to your sensory learning activities!
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Sensorial Variations & Extensions
Knobless Cylinders Extensions
- Construct Towers in each corner of the mat
- Arrange yellow cylinders, green cylinders, and then red cylinders on top of one another
- Create a spiral
- Extension Cards from Montessori Services
- Combine with Knobbed Cylinders and have the child find the corresponding place for each knobless cylinder within the Blocks
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Color Tablet Extensions
- Play fetch with objects in the environment.
- Create artwork with the colors used within the boxes
- Identify and sort objects that match the color of the tablets from the classroom or, better yet, from outside
- Color Wheel
- Teach color names in other languages
- Clothespin matching
- Color grading with paint samples
- Color printouts to match the tablets
- Match tablets to fabric
- Use construction paper to have the child cut or pin poke colored tablets
- Make a spiral of colors
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Besides the standard Montessori product companies, to purchase these Montessori materials at a reasonable price from Amazon:
Look at my Montessori Sensorial Pinterest Board for more ideas and lessons.
Take care,
Marnie