The so-called sensory education is based on systematic sensory teaching AIDS, with sensory teaching AIDS that can stimulate the senses as the medium. Through continuous training and strengthening, trainers can acquire various concepts that are indispensable in intelligent education, laying an important foundation for developing intuition and thinking. The main contents of Montessori's sensory education include visual education, taste and smell education, tactile education and auditory education.

Sensory education is the central link of Montessori's educational thought and method, and also the main part of his educational experiment. In Montessori's view, sensory education can not only prepare for the baby's future real life, but also be the basis for the baby to accept knowledge and develop intelligence. Because of its importance, many Montessori's educational works are devoted to the relationship between sensory training, sports training, sensory education and discipline education.