Through exploration, the children at the micro-nursery “Casa dei Bambini Oxford They dedicated themselves to a sensory path where the senses became the primary means of knowledge, and “doing” and “touching” became inseparable from “thinking”.

The activity of Sensory mat it stems from the desire to offer children a direct, unmediated experience, where through play they question the world and learn.

The child is an explorer

Every new material and every different texture represents a scientific discovery for him, which helps him to classify the universe around him.

It is precisely through these experiences that we offer children the keys to unlock all doors to knowledge. Maria Montessori stated that “Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses”and it is precisely between 12 and 24 months that touch becomes the main tool for discovery; this is why it is essential to provide materials that offer clear and defined contrasts.

The sensory trail

It's not just about touching, but about distinguishing: smooth from rough, hot from cold, soft from hard. Throughout this journey, our little ones have explored different elements, distinguishing their characteristics: from the delicacy of a soft and cosy fabric to the roughness of jute, right through to the natural solidity of wood. Every texture touched, every sound heard, and every shade of colour observed contributes to building the structures of a child's brain.

The’Sensory education, in this context, it is not a simple playful exercise, but the ground on which future intelligence will sprout and the very basis of cognitive and psychic development. In fact, according to Montessori, the senses are the “points of contact” with the environment.

Through sight, touch, hearing, taste and smell, the child orders the chaos of stimuli around them, learning to classify the properties of objects. Educate the senses not teaching the child to look, but guiding them in’The art of discovering the world with one's own eyes.