
Montessori Encyclopedia: Cylinders
In the Montessori Children’s House classroom, we have two sets of cylinder materials in the sensorial area of our classroom: the knobbed cylinders and the knobless cylinders.
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In the Montessori Children’s House classroom, we have two sets of cylinder materials in the sensorial area of our classroom: the knobbed cylinders and the knobless cylinders.

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