![]() ![]() Why are the giant beads heavier than the see-through geometric shapes? Why is the yellow hexagon heavier than the green triangle? I enjoyed watching them hold different shapes on their hands and using their hands as giant human scales to discuss weight and density. They began mixing colors and putting colors together to make new ones. I was fascinated by how much my oldest was teaching my youngest. They even showed me, without me saying a word, that they already knew what I wanted to teach them in my mental lessons! My youngest noticed that there were different colors, so she had the idea to sort the shapes by color. But for today, it seems that the thing for me to do was to just sit back and let them “do their thing.” After all, like someone famous once said, “play is the most important work,” right?īut you know what the most awesome and fascinating thing was? On their own, they started to discuss different things that they observed about the shapes. I thought of activities to do and lessons to teach them with the colorful see-through geometric shapes on the light table. I had several lesson plans listed in my head. They also had fun with the color-mixing paddles. My oldest even pretended to play the piano on the light table with the giant beads on their fingertips. They wiggled their fingers and went “tap, tap, tap” on the light table. ![]() They discussed colors, shape sizes and they were fascinated at how these see-through giant beads fit on the tips of their fingers. The next thing I knew, they were exploring and analyzing every single shape and color.Ĭhildren are simply amazing to me. Oh, you should’ve seen their faces! They were hardly letting me get them out of the container, that I just handed it to them and let them have at it. First, I surprised my little ones with a super fun set of colorful see-through geometric shapes. ![]()
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