What a great start to the day this has been. P and K have been playing together, showing sharing and turn-taking, and many other social skills. Compromise, self-expression, anger management, problem-solving, and most importantly conflict resolution.
We followed that up with a number of rounds of Shape Shuffle (tangram puzzles), where K put together on her own a number of puzzles that required shape matching. She also made color matches and patterns.
P worked at harder puzzles that had no guiding lines, and showed how a circle can be divided into two half-circles or even four quarter-circles. He showed some creative manipulation of pieces to make a candlestick all one color with limited pieces. We also briefly discussed how you can make other pieces from smaller pieces. He made color patterns and isolations within puzzles as well. Finally, he studied the shape name sheet.
After that, we pulled out Hullabaloo where P and K had a great time moving around in different ways (galloping, walking, crawling, hopping, etc.) and following directions while also making color and shape distinctions.
Oh, and another social skill -- they cleaned up when they were done! This is one we often have trouble with, so it is worthwhile to mention.
