Out of all of the traditional Montessori work, after the long Division work, the Geometric Shape Insets is my favorite. I used to love working with color pencils as a child, making all the beautiful patterns. I thought the price to buy one would not be in the budget so I didn't give them much thought until I saw this post. Her DIY Geometric shapes were beautiful and I attempted to make some, but I did not have the right cutting tool. My shapes were not geometrical. But you know what, Lil A likes them anyway and it gets the job done. We just won't be creating any exact geometric patterns with it. However, I am satisfied with the way the shelf turned out and guess what? It was super easy, no nailing or screwing, I just used my handy dandy super glue gun!
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| The man at Lowe's cut a piece of wood into 4 pieces about 5 1/2" width. The length of mine is 24" I hot glued wooden square dowels to serve as the ledge. |
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| I hot glued three pieces of ribbon. |
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| I hot glued a ribbon to connect both sides to create a triangle. The greatest advantage of this shelf is that it can fold away nicely. |
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| If only I had sharper cutting tools, this would have been perfect ;) |
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| But my Lil A loves it. I put the easier shapes on one side for her to start with. However, she wanted to work with the harder shapes, the quatrefoil being the hardest. |
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| Lil A's trapezoid came out perfect! So did all her other basic shapes. |
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| Her quatrefoil not so much, but I know it will be perfect soon! |
Geometry
Noor Janan Link Ups:
Living Montessori Now- Montessori Monday
Noor Janan Links:
Montessori For Learning Free Shape Cards
Montessori Material Free Shape Cards
My Favorite how to Video and Lessons
Seedpod Craft Studio's Insets
