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Froebel Curvilinear Gift

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Froebel Curvilinear Gift FW-CRV

DESCRIPTION

This Gift divides the cylinder from Gift 2 into three concentric rings 1/2-in. thick. The Curvilinear Gift can be thought of as a variation on Gift 5. It has enlarged the Gift 2 cylinder from 2 to 3 inches just as Gift 5 did for the cube. The Curvilinear Gift is also a more complicated dissection and therefore more suitable for an older child. Like Gift 5, this new Gift is especially suited to architectural constructions.

To present this Gift, invert the box and remove the lid, allowing the blocks to remain intact as a whole cylinder. Your child will recognize the cylinder form and inspect and examine the characteristics that distinguish it from the other Froebel blocks.

Forms of Life:

As with the other Gifts, your child will use the curvilinear pieces to construct things from his/her world. There are also many possibilities for imaginative creations like an igloo, a castle, or three chairs for the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Make sure your child makes use of all 36 pieces, as the idea of completeness and the whole are an important part of Gift play.

Forms of Knowledge:

Children can play at dividing the Curvilinear cylinder into halves, thirds, quarters, etc. Concepts of ring, disc, arc, diameter, radius and concentric can be discovered through play. The arcs can be rotated in different directions to prompt discussions of 'curving over' and 'curving under.' Older children can use the quarter circle arcs to form letters of the alphabet.

Forms of Beauty:

As with Gift 8's rings and half-rings, the Curvilinear Gift produces some elegant and beautiful designs. Younger children might start with fewer pieces (one layer of 12 pieces) and gradually work up to using the entire Gift in pattern making.

Ages 4 and up.

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