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Sensorial Materials in the Montessori Classroom - Knobbed Cylinders

2/7/2017

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knobbed cylinders
Knobbed cylinders
​The knobbed cylinders…every Montessori child’s favourite at some point.  Rectangular blocks housing knobbed cylinders that vary, by block, in height, width, weight and shape.  In the initial lesson each cylinder is removed from its housing, is examined visually and tactically and placed on the working mat in front of the space from which it came.  All cylinders are removed.  One by one, slowly, with much thought, they are returned to their correct space.  Each cylinder only fits properly into its own space – no student needs an adult “correcting” their work - Montessori’s marvelous materials show the way.  After all four cylinder blocks have been explored at different times – I challenge myself by mixing the order of the cylinders once removed.

​Can I through sight and/or touch find the perfect space for each one.  Further challenge could involve combining the cylinders of 2/3/4 blocks and returning them to each of the specially created spaces.
 
Think of it – gradation, sequencing, comparison, independent work all through only one piece of Montessori material!

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    Nicola Phillips is a Montessori Directress and owner of MLCP.

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