This educational idea is brought to you by Melissa & Doug ,
written by our Blog Ambassador Allison McDonald. “Everyday play
is what childhood should be about.” Geometric Stackers were
always classroom favorites while I was teaching preschool. They
offer so many ways to teach children in one simple toy. Now that
I am a mom I appreciate this even more because with limited
budgets and space having one toy that goes so far is ideal. The
obvious way to use this is to simply deconstruct it and place
the shapes back on the holder biggest to smallest. But with a
little creative thinking you can make the learning go so much
farther. Here are 5 new ways to teach sorting with this classic
toy. First you’ll want to make one big pile of shapes. - Sort by
shape. - Sort by color - Place them in size order - Make a
Rainbow - Go topsy turvy and place them on the holder smallest
to largest. Can you think of another way to sort them?