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Froebel Gift 5 - 3 Inch Cube

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Froebel Gift 5 - 3 Inch Cube FW-5

DESCRIPTION

Gift 5 consists of a 3" cube divided into 21 1" cubes, 6 half-cubes, and 12 quarter-cubes. Gift 5 now represents a larger, 3" cube and incorporates more pieces and variety. The half-cubes and quarter-cubes introduce a triangular shape.

Present the pieces in the same way as with Gift 3. Your child will comment on the similarities and differences to previous Gifts.

Forms of Life:

Your child will again use the blocks to represent things from his/her life. The new triangle pieces introduce many more possibilities for your child to explore and allow for more realistic buildings and structures. Remember that the stories are as important as the construction as they will give you insight into the logic of your child's thoughts.

Forms of Knowledge:

New terms like angle, triangle, diagonal, and rectangular prism can be introduced. Fractions and other mathematical concepts can be discovered and concepts of geometric shapes, size/shape differentiation, parts-of-the-whole relationships, and others can be further explored. For older children, the Gift may also be positioned to represent more abstract mathematical concepts such as the Pythagorean Theorem.

Forms of Beauty:

Forming patterns and designs with Gift 5 produces exciting and complex symmetries. Remember to modify a construction rather than destroy and rebuild another. Play with this Gift will be further expanded when color is added with the parquetry tiles of Gift 7.

Ages 5 and up.

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