As Dr. Montessori told us, play is the work of children and modeling dough, which has a multi-sensory appeal and fosters creative play, provides children with valuable learning experiences.

One of the main goals of the Montessori early childhood environment is the refinement of the senses.

Each Montessori sensorial material focuses on refining the children’s understanding of a specific property: the Thermic Tablets isolate the property of temperature, the Red Rods isolate length, and the Color Tablets isolate color. Building on the work done with the sensorial materials, modeling dough provides children with a multi-sensorial experience. They touch the modeling dough, feel its weight and texture, smell it, and see its colors and shapes all at the same time.