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Shape Builders

  • DOMAIN(S)
    Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    CD-MA6.4b, CD-MA6.4b
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    48-60 months

Offer toothpicks, pipe cleaners, straws or craft sticks as materials the children can use to make into shapes. Discuss the shapes they make by saying things such as, “That's a triangle. How could you turn it into a square?”  This can be done in small group.