3.5 years+

As you can see in the pictures, I Followed the same steps and technique as for the 3D prisms.

This 3D activity attracted completely my children for about a whole hour!

These structures leave children explore their vision and their creativity. I only demonstrated the technique insisting on the fact that a structure/building has to balance itself in order to stand up, otherwise it collapses. Then, I let them free to create their own balancing structures.

We all know how difficult is to 'teach' the 3D shapes to young children. In time, I discovered a way to do it, actually to 'watch' it as the children will create their own 3D shapes so that they understand the difference between them and the 2D ones.

If you go in the park or in your garden, its impossible not to find some dandelions that you can collect and then make any collage you can think of, using them. First of all, its an opportunity for a toddler to learn more words and concentrate on one things when he goes for walks, and secondly, once the collage is done he can tell everyone that he collected the plants and then he made the card!

Cut a round piece a paper and put glue near to its edges. Then, sprinkle nutmeg or cinnamon ground on the circle made out of glue. When its all covered, shake the paper upside down so that the excess of nutmeg is removed. Leave it aside.

This collage is very easy to make and it can show the children different sizes of petals, so that they distinguish between the big petals, the medium ones and the small ones.