Jun 23, 2026 · 13 min · 11 segments
Sensory education is the true essence of Montessori education, but what is the most important aspect of it? In this episode, we have explored the heart of sensory education more scientifically than…
Today's topic is sensorial education.
We touched on the senses last month, but I'd like to get to the heart of sensorial education, starting with what senses even are.
In a word, the senses are receptors for electromagnetic waves.
That probably doesn't make sense to most listeners, so please explain.
This definition is groundbreaking.
It doesn't come up in standard physics explanations.
This is a scientific perspective.
If you look at the electromagnetic spectrum, human senses are receptors for electromagnetic waves ranging from infrared to ultraviolet.
For example, there's a visible light region, and you can see that this corresponds to sight.
Right.
That's consistent with the general understanding, so it's easy to grasp.
Exactly.
Electromagnetic waves are, well, waves, vibrations.
If something vibrates extremely fast or barely vibrates at all, we can't see it.
We can only see things vibrating at a moderate frequency.
The same applies to other senses.
With hearing, if something vibrates too fast, the pitch is too high to hear.
If it barely vibrates, the pitch is too low, we can't hear either.
In the case of sound, it's vibrations in the air.
Generally, hearing is understood as sensing airwaves.
Here, you're framing it in terms of electromagnetic waves, sensing the electromagnetic waves emitted by media, like air or water.
Right.
And smell works the same way.
Tiny particles vibrate.
How do we identify smells? It's like the letters humans used to write.
Today's topic is sensorial education.
We touched on the senses last month, but I'd like to get to the heart of sensorial education, starting with what senses even are.
In a word, the senses are receptors for electromagnetic waves.
That probably doesn't make sense to most listeners, so please explain.
This definition is groundbreaking.
It doesn't come up in standard physics explanations.
This is a scientific perspective.
If you look at the electromagnetic spectrum, human senses are receptors for electromagnetic waves ranging from infrared to ultraviolet.
For example, there's a visible light region, and you can see that this corresponds to sight.
Right.
That's consistent with the general understanding, so it's easy to grasp.
Exactly.
Electromagnetic waves are, well, waves, vibrations.
If something vibrates extremely fast or barely vibrates at all, we can't see it.
We can only see things vibrating at a moderate frequency.
The same applies to other senses.
With hearing, if something vibrates too fast, the pitch is too high to hear.
If it barely vibrates, the pitch is too low, we can't hear either.
In the case of sound, it's vibrations in the air.
Generally, hearing is understood as sensing airwaves.
Here, you're framing it in terms of electromagnetic waves, sensing the electromagnetic waves emitted by media, like air or water.
Right.
And smell works the same way.
Tiny particles vibrate.
How do we identify smells? It's like the letters humans used to write.
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