Cylinder Block No. 0 – First Knobbed Cylinders

🔵 A first Montessori-style cylinder block: a row of knobbed cylinders, each with its own socket. Lifting each one by its small knob builds the pincer grip used later for writing.

📦 What's inside

• 1 wooden block with sockets
• Knobbed cylinders
• Size: approx. 46 × 7 × 9 cm

🧠 Skills developed

• ✋ Pincer grip (prepares for writing)
• 📏 Visual discrimination of size
• 🧠 Self-correction
• ⏳ Concentration

🎤 How to use

• 🔵 Take out each cylinder by its knob and return it
• 📏 Line them up from biggest to smallest
• 🙈 Try with eyes closed

🏫 Perfect for

• Montessori sensorial shelves
• Pre-writing preparation
• Occupational therapy sessions

📘 NEP 2020 & curriculum fit

• Experiential, play-based learning: pincer grip (prepares for writing)
• Montessori area: Sensorial

🤝 Pairs well with

• Cylinder Block No. 1 - to learn change of diameter
• Cylinder Block No. 2 – Change of Depth and Diameter
• The Pink Tower
• The Long Stairs

Brought to you by J. Dutta & Co., makers and suppliers of educational toys since 1964.