Young children will appreciate this hands-on approach to developing analytic thinking skills via an exploration of shapes, colors, and patterns. The activities require three types of manipulatives: attribute blocks, pattern blocks, and interlocking (or multilink) cubes. Like the Building Thinking Skills program, activities cover four key areas: Similarities and Differences, Sequences, Classifications, and Analogies. Simple activity instructions appear at the top of each page as a basic guideline for the teacher. The activity book itself is approximately 250 pages. Manipulatives are not included. Required manipulatives for this program are as follows: A) Pattern Blocks set of 100 in six colors and shapes (triangle, trapezoid, rhombus (2 types), hexagon, square); B) Interlocking Cubes set of 100 (plastic cubes that link on all sides, 10 cubes of 10 different colors); C) Attribute Blocks set of 60 (pieces come in 5 shapes (triangle, square, rectangle, circle, hexagon), 3 colors (red, blue, yellow), 2 sizes (large, small), 2 thicknesses). ~ Anh
Analyze, compare and compose 2-D shapes with this set of pattern blocks. 6 shapes and colors help students explore symmetry, area measurement and more!
Sets include green triangle, orange square, red trapezoid, tan rhombus, blue parallelogram, and yellow hexagon. Sets come in either plastic or wood, and vary in thickness and quantity.
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