Teaching Colors and Sizes - Isolate the relationship between dimension and volume, match the correct cylinder to the block space, the child will be left with one that does not fit if any cylinder is out of order, a self-correcting shrunk down version of a quintessential Montessori work Introduction to Montessori Education - Helps toddlers to learn the concept of height,size,counting,geometry shapes.A nice trial run for traditional Montessori activities. Great choice for home teaching of preschool kids Occupational Therapy - A great toy for enhancing fine motor skills, spatial reasoning,and hand coordination,dexterity for young children boys and girl as they grab the peg and match Comparative Language - Play with toddlers as they work on it,they can use lots of great vocabulary such as: tall/er, short/er, wide/r, thin/ner, helps to develop language skills Pincer Grip Development - Enables your baby to this essential fine motor skill by hold the peg between the thumb and the other fingers,preparing for holding a pencil correctly