Cylinder Block No. 4

🔵 A Montessori-style cylinder block with knobbed cylinders that get shorter as they get wider, the fourth block of the series. Each cylinder fits only its own socket, so learners compare sizes by eye and touch and correct themselves.

📦 What's inside

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

🧠 Skills developed

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

🎤 How to use

• 🔵 Take out all cylinders and return each to its socket
• 🙈 Try with eyes closed
• 📏 Line the cylinders up in order

🏫 Perfect for

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

📘 NEP 2020 & curriculum fit

• Experiential, play-based learning: visual discrimination of size
• Montessori area: Sensorial

🤝 Pairs well with

• Cylinder Block No. 0 – First Knobbed Cylinders
• Cylinder Block No. 1 - to learn change of diameter
• Cylinder Block No. 2 – Change of Depth and Diameter
• Cylinder Block No. 3 - to learn change of depth

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