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Age range: 3-6

Theme Area: Shape Quilt

Related Episode: The Shape of Things to Come

Subjects/Skills: Art, Math

Materials Needed:
A sheet of thin cardboard
Construction paper or fabric scraps
Scissors
Glue or tape

Directions:
Cut a variety of shapes out of construction paper or fabric scraps. Make some big, medium and small squares, triangles, circles, rectangles, stars, and diamonds.

Set the shapes out on a table, along with a thin sheet of cardboard and some glue or tape. Let your child know that she can use the shapes to make a quilt.

Explain to your child that she should think about how she wants to arrange the shapes on her quilt first, then glue or tape the shapes into place. If you're using glue, show her how to dab some glue onto the back of a shape and then pushing it down in place.

As your child works, help her to identify the shapes that she is working with. Ask her to think about the things around you that are the same shape. You might say, "You're right, that is a circle. Hmmm, are there any circles in this room? That's right, the clock is a circle!"

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