Blindfolds: Set Of 4
Made by Nienhuis Montessori · shipped by Heutink International (Netherlands) About the maker
A set of four blindfolds in red, orange, green and blue, with an opening cut for the nose and a hook and loop fastener. The fastener is what matters here: a child puts the blindfold on and takes it off alone, and choosing to lose your sight is a different experience from having an adult hold their hands over your eyes. Four of them means a small group can do the sorting work at the same table. Sold as a set of four.
“Education is a natural process spontaneously carried out by the human individual, and is acquired not by listening to words but by experiences upon the environment.”
The fabric blindfolds serve as essential tools for isolating and refining individual senses in the Montessori environment.
- Refined tactile discrimination through focused touch exploration
- Enhanced auditory perception and sound localization skills
- Improved stereognostic sense for identifying objects without sight
- Strengthened concentration and attention to sensory details
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When children wear these soft fabric coverings, they eliminate visual input entirely, allowing complete concentration on touch, sound, or smell during sensory exercises. The blindfolds' elastic straps ensure secure, comfortable placement while children explore stereognostic bags, identify objects through touch alone, or distinguish between subtle sound variations. This deliberate sensory isolation through the blindfolds helps children ages 3-6 develop what Montessori called 'sensorial keys' - refined perceptual abilities that form the foundation for later abstract thinking. The set of four blindfolds enables multiple children to engage simultaneously in parallel sensory work, fostering both individual concentration and collective exploration. By removing the dominant sense of sight with these fabric tools, children discover heightened awareness in their other senses, building neural pathways that enhance overall sensory discrimination and cognitive development.
How to present it
Follow the Montessori method of presentation for optimal child development.
Place blindfolds in a basket on the sensorial shelf. Prepare mystery bag with familiar classroom objects. Ensure elastic straps are untangled and fabric is clean.
- 1
Invite child to sensory work, demonstrating how to gently place blindfold over eyes
Let child practice putting on and removing blindfold before beginning activities - 2
Start with mystery bag - guide child's hand to opening while wearing blindfold
Begin with distinctly different objects like shell, cube, and fabric square - 3
Encourage child to explore one object thoroughly using only touch
Model descriptive language: 'smooth,' 'rough,' 'curved,' 'angular' - 4
Remove blindfold to verify identification, celebrating discovery
If incorrect, examine object together and note distinguishing features - 5
Progress to sound cylinders or scent bottles with blindfold
Alternate between different sensory exercises to maintain engagement
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Blindfolds: Set Of 4
