tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589275066135592980.post5256869970429140966..comments2023-06-20T07:24:23.616-05:00Comments on DIY Preschool: Mind the Gaps?Leslie Kauffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12350547689331132647noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589275066135592980.post-89899397999492356542007-04-22T10:28:00.000-05:002007-04-22T10:28:00.000-05:00Pattern blocks or Tangrams can be a great free pla...Pattern blocks or Tangrams can be a great free play item where shapes show up naturally and can be discussed. <BR/><BR/>But I agree - learning the names of the shapes is not really essential at this point. Teaching them to love learning is more important.KMDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192746631875517201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589275066135592980.post-68063305135949957812007-04-14T13:44:00.000-05:002007-04-14T13:44:00.000-05:00I have used a big box of plastic shapes/tangram pi...I have used a big box of plastic shapes/tangram pieces with my little guy since he was two. We got a big book of patterns based on the same shapes, and I just used the "official" names of the shapes as we used them. A good book with increasingly difficult patterns provides hours and hours and hours of entertainment. <BR/><BR/>He's four now, and it still shocks people when he accurately speaks of trapezoids and hexagons.<BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com