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Box One - Rectangle Box - Contents
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Box One - Rectangle Box - First Presentation
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Box One - Rectangle Box - Second Presentation
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Box One - Rectangle Box - Third Presentation
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Box 2 - Triangle Box - Materials
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Box 2 - First Presentation
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Box 2 - Second Presentation
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Box 2 - Third Presentation
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Box 2 - Fourth Presentation
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Box Three - Large Hexagonal Box Materials
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Box Three - First Presentation
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Box Three - Second Presentation
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Box Three - Third Presentation
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Box Four - Small Hexagonal Box - Materials
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Box Four - First Presentation
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Box Four - Second Presentation
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Box Five - Blue Triangle Box - Contents
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Box Five - First Presentation
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Box Five - Second Presentation
- When the child has built all the triangles as in the First Presentation, say: “Today I am going to do something special with the triangles.”
- Starting with the gray, then green, yellow and red, build the figure shown below and say: “I made a great big triangle.” Trace starting from the lower left corner going counter clockwise.
- Take it apart, place it in its proper position and offer the child a turn.
- Return them to their place on the rug. Then replace them back into the box, the box to the shelf.
POINTS OF INTEREST
- Tracing the black lines.
- Matching the triangles.
- Superimposing the gray triangle.
- Making the one big triangle.
- Indirect superimposing when putting them back in the box.
- Naming the shapes and the various triangles used to make them.
CONTROL OF ERROR
- Black guides.
- Different colors of triangles.
DIRECT AIMS
- Showing that different sets of triangles, when put together, are equal in size to the gray triangle.
- Development of the ability to discriminate geometric forms.
- Growth in concentration and independence.
INDIRECT AIMS
- Preparation for Geometry.
- Development of appreciation of line and form.
- Development of creativity.