Shape Building with Marshmallows Story

Shape Building with Marshmallows

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Activity Supplies

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Your child might enjoy some free-build time with these supplies, but you can decide if you’d like to offer that option before or after the shape building exercises. ha!

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Beyond building simple shapes, this activity provides an opportunity to TOUCH more advanced concepts such as: - line - line segment - side - vertex - angle

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Would this be a good fit for your home or classroom setting? Interested in more math activities?

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