Showing posts with label Popsicle sticks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Popsicle sticks. Show all posts

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Teaching Shapes

Grace, as most of you know, started kindergarten this year.  In the beginning of the year, a sheet was sent home with things your child is expected to know before the end of the year. 

One of those things was shapes.  How hard can shapes be, right?  Grace knew things like square, triangle, circle and diamond but those weren't the only shapes she was expected to learn. 


Diamond was now referred to as rhombus.  Oval was now referred to as ellipse.  And, fun shapes like trapezoids and hexagons were added into the mix.


Thanks to pinterest, I came across a fantastic blog AMSTI Kindergarten Style, that shared this teaching shape method.  Though they didn't have a tutorial, it's easy enough to figure out. 


Have your little one paint Popsicle sticks.  Each shape will be painted a unique color.  Then, have your littel one write out the name of the shape and the total number of sides on each stick.


Depending on ability level of your child, you might want to cut the shape out of paper to add them in piecing the sides together to complete the shape.


Pull them out, let your little one have some fun building their shapes. 


Once they've mastered building the shapes you've made, have them try and create new shapes. 

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Jumbo Craft Stick Animals

Who knew you could have so much fun with jumbo craft sticks?  Parents.com, that's who. 

As soon as Grace spotted this craft, she immediately wanted to make her own set of animals out of jumbo craft sticks.  We got started by painting the craft sticks but as we waited for them to dry, I got distracted with things like dinner or laundry.


Mr. While Wearing Heels stepped in and with Grace's help, they made an adorable pig...


A rooster, with a baby belle cheese wrapper comb {the mister's use of non-traditional craft supplies impressed me}...


And a tiger, with heart shaped spots.


I am not sure who was more proud of the finished product...


 Grace or the mister.


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