Tot School: Triangles {27 months}

We are still learning about shapes here on the trail.  The past two weeks we tackled the triangle.  Triangle is not the easiest word to say for a two year old, but he worked hard trying to master it.  Here is what we did with triangles the past few weeks...

Triangle Sensory Bin

Rating: 3/5

Skills:
Sensory development
Shapes: triangle
Vocabulary
Colors

Activity:
Luke explored the triangle bin for a short while.  He tried really hard to say 'triangle' as we talked about the shape and ran our fingers around it, but he couldn't quite get it.

Dot-a-dot Triangle

Rating: 4/5

Skills:
Fine motor development
Shapes: triangle
Colors
Vocabulary
Writing/Drawing

Activity: 
I gave Luke a triangle sheet from www.3dinosaurs.com and some dot markers and he got to work.  He still hasn't quite figured out how to put a dot on each circle, but it's coming.

***Sorry, no picture.

Gluing Triangles

Rating: 5/5

Skills:
Fine motor development
Shapes: triangle

Activity:
Luke enjoyed this activity a lot.  I put glue on the paper and he placed the triangles on the paper.  He doesn't like getting his hands too dirty, so he didn't want to touch the glue.  

Counting Triangles

Rating: 2/5

Skills:
Shapes: triangle
Numbers/Counting

Activity:
We used number cards and counted out the amount of triangles for each card.  He definitely wasn't into this during Tot School this week.  He likes the number cards, but doesn't really want to count the shapes.

Decorating a Triangle

Rating: 5/5

Skills:
Shapes: triangle
Colors
Fine motor developmentArt 

Activity:
I gave Luke some paint to decorate a triangle.  As much as he loves paint, this activity didn't last as long as I anticipated.  He is more into 'playing cars' these days.

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