Montessori Sensory Touch Matching Board

How the touch matching works

The board holds a row of textured pads, from smooth to rough. Each wooden cylinder carries one of these textures underneath. Your child picks up a cylinder, feels its base, then moves along the board pad by pad until both surfaces feel alike.

The coloured rims on the cylinders and on the board give a second clue. Young children often match by colour first; once that feels easy, the colours become a way to check their answer after they have chosen by touch alone.

Playing with eyes closed

Once the colours no longer help, ask your child to close their eyes, or offer a soft blindfold, and let them find the right place with fingertips only. Start with two very different textures, then add the others one at a time. Naming them together, rough, bumpy, smooth, soft, builds useful vocabulary along the way.

Keep the sessions short and calm, at a table, with the cylinders lined up on the left and the board on the right. A child who works this way soon tidies the set away on their own.

A sensory board alongside our other tactile games

Unlike the mystery boxes or the matching cushions in a bag, this board keeps every piece in view, which makes it a gentle first step before guessing games. It sits well with the rest of our wooden Montessori toys for the senses, and you will find more ideas for little hands in our early learning range.

Characteristics

• Age: from 3 years
• Dimensions: 26 x 10 x 3.5 cm
• Weight: 410 g
• Material: wood
• 2-year guarantee

Attention: Not suitable for children under 3 years. Small parts. Choking hazard. Please retain this information.