Enrichment of Vocabulary: Language Related to the Qualities/Names of the Sensorial Materials

Materials:

• The Sensorial Apparatus 

Purposes:

• To enlarge the vocabulary 

• To help in the classification of the environment

• Indirect preparation for further studies

• Preparation for reading classification

Age: 2 ½ and up

Preparation:  The child has worked with the Sensorial material

Presentation Description: 

Application 1 Positive Qualities:  Cylinder block #2 Example 

The child will be familiar with and have worked with the material before the language is introduced.  The language for the qualities is given by means of a three-period lesson.  Simple names and positive qualities are introduced first. Cylinder Block #2 would be a lesson on large and small.

Application 2 Superlatives: Cylinder Block #2 Example 

Introduce the superlative vocabulary of the material by means of a three-period lesson. Cylinder Block #2 would be a lesson on largest and smallest

Application 3 Comparative: Cylinder Block #2 Example 

Introduce the comparative qualities of the material by means of a three-period lesson. This vocabulary relates to the two pieces that are together. Cylinder Block #2 would be larger than and smaller than.

Control of Error: None

Following Exercises: None

Pedagogical Notes:

• It is after Application 3 that you will play the Comparative Language Memory Games with the child.

Language Related to  the Qualities of the Sensorial Material

Cylinder Blocks Block A: thick-thin

Block B: large – small

Block C: (no language)

Block D: tall – short / deep - shallow (with empty holes)

superlatives and comparatives

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 (given with Box 2)

Box 2 red, blue, yellow, orange, purple, green, pink/maroon, gray, brown, black and white

Box 3 light _______ (name of color), dark _______ (name of color)

superlatives and comparatives

Geometric 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, acute-angled scalene, obtuse-angled scalene

Polygons: pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, nonagon, decagon

Leaf Cabinet Names are given to real specimens in association with the material: 

Aciculate, linear, lanceolate, elliptic, ovate, obovate, spatulate, deltoid, cordate, obcordate, reniform, orbiculate, hastate, sagittate, oblong, cuneate, fan-shaped

Sound Boxes loud – soft 

superlatives and comparatives

Bells names of notes

diatonic scale

chromatic scale

Rough and Smooth Boards rough – smooth (no 3-period lesson, however)

Touch Tablets   comparatives and superlatives of rough

Fabric Boxes Natural Fiber Cloths:  cotton, silk, linen, wool, leather, camel, alpaca, etc. 

Cloths of Different Weaves:  broadcloth, velvet, lace, jersey, corduroy, satin, etc. 

Thermic Bottles hot, warm, cool, cold

Baric Tablets heavy, light

superlatives and comparatives

Tasting Bottles sweet, salty, sour, bitter

Smelling Jars names of the substances which give the scents

Geometric Solids sphere, cone, cube, cylinder, rectangular prism, triangular prism, ellipsoid, ovoid, pyramid (or square-based pyramid, tetrahedron (or triangle-based pyramid)

Sorting (Progressive Exercises) names of items being sorted (previously presented as Enrichment of Vocabulary exercise)

Mystery Bag Give the names of the objects in the bag well before working with it (presented in Enrichment of Vocabulary exercises). 

Graded Geometric Figures inscribed, concentric, tangent, adjacent

Sandpaper Globe land – water 

Painted Globe continent – ocean 
Puzzle Map of the World

Continents:  North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia or Oceania, Antarctica

Oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic

Hemispheres:  Eastern, Western, Northern, Southern (Points of the compass are seen first apart from the maps)

Equator, North Pole, South Pole

Puzzle Map for Each Continent Names of the various countries

Puzzle Map for the child’s own country  Names of the various states /provinces