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July 7, 2005
Block Art
We have a couple of bags full of colored, wooden cubes that came with our Right Start manipulatives. I don't know what they're for - we're almost finished with the book and haven't used them. They're pretty, though, and the little boys like to play with them. Lachlan likes to make patterns out of them that look like people. You know, a little block head, a torso, block arms and legs, etc. He's managed to get fairly detalied (as detalied as you can get with one-inch cubes), and often adds hands and feet.
Today he told me that he made himself out of the blocks. "Oops! But I forgot my bottom!"
"Your bottom?" I asked.
"Yes!" He selected a yellow block and put it, well, between the block legs. "There's my bottom!"
O-o-o-kay.
Then he made me with blocks. He used three blocks for my bottom.
It's a good thing he's cute, eh?
Posted by lynx at July 7, 2005 10:35 PM
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We have some of those blocks that have worked well for exploring volume (like 1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet). We're using them to work on colors with our toddler and eventually, she'll learn to count them and use them to add and subtract.
Posted by: Mama Bear at July 7, 2005 11:19 PM
Ohmygosh, Steph! ROTFL!!! Three blocks for your bottom!! I'm sorry, but I find this hilarious because my boys do stuff like that ALL the TIME!!! Aren't boys a blessing? Sometimes I have to repeat that over and over in order to remind myself... my boys are BLESSINGS my boys are BLESSINGS my boys are... :)
Posted by: Jo at July 8, 2005 3:57 PM
Oh, my!
Reminds me of the time when I was VERY pregnant with Hunter and Jeffrey (five at the time) came into the bathroom just as I was stepping out of the shower.
His eyes grew huge and he said, "Mom! You look just like a big pink hippopotamus."
Jo's right. BLESSINGS...BLESSINGS.
:)
Crissy
Posted by: Crissy in WA at July 8, 2005 11:34 PM
So far our RS program has used them for perimeter and repeating patterns.
Maybe your guys are too old for that part?
Posted by: Poppins at July 9, 2005 12:48 PM
Hi! I just discovered your blog via Dy. I have 2 boys and find this post absolutely hysterical! Looking forward to reading more.
Cheers!
~Emily
Posted by: Emily at July 10, 2005 12:27 PM
teehee!!!!
Rachel used to make figures with them on 1cm graph paper and then recreate the drawings by coloring in the blocks on another page of graph paper. She learned a bit about how much space things took up...
Posted by: Diane at July 11, 2005 10:24 PM