Name: Tuba Mahboob
Roll No: D20200
What is stereo gnostic sense and how can we develop it?
Stereo gnostic sense is a basically an ability to identify an object without
smelling, tasting or hearing it. It is actually a combination of muscular and
tactile memory. In other words, in stereo gnostic sense a child can only identify
moved for an object, impression of movements is added to the touch. Such
concept is because of the special sense which is sixth sense, called muscular
sense and it allows many such concepts to be stored in a ‘muscular memory’
which reminds all the movements that have been made.
Children can identify things by touching or feeling them in their hands by
performing different type of stereo gnostic activities. There are different
materials that are used to develop stereo gnostic sense. Some of them are
geometric solids, puzzle, maps, sorting trays, mystery bags etc.
How to develop stereo gnostic sense
stereo gnostic sense is important for the development of children. It can be
developed by working on refining of a child’s sensorial part. In this sense a
child identifies an object by just feeling or touching it. First the children are
given different objects in their hands, then they make some mental notes
about what they are feeling. Then later without looking they are given some
products which they must recognize by feeling the object’s weight, shape,
texture and size.
There are many activities which a directress or teacher performs one of
them is;
Mystery Bag
Material Required
A cloth bag with strings attached, 5 to 10 small different objects i.e. key,
button, eraser, pen, piece of chalk, cotton ball etc.
Presentation
i. Invite a child to perform the activity with you.
ii. Introduce the activity and its name with the child.
iii. Provide all the objects to the child as he must familiarize with the
objects before starting the activity.
Name: Tuba Mahboob
Roll No: D20200
iv. Ask the child to close his eyes, guide the child’s hand in mystery bag
and ask them to sense the object he is touching.
v. Ask the child to describe the object and call out the name of the
object loudly so everyone can hear.
vi. Then ask the child to check whether he was right about the object.
vii. Perform the activity with everybody in class till the objects are
completed.