Dear Families,
One of our Tools of the Mind math activities is called Venger Drawing or Venger Collage. The kids look at a geometric shape on a piece of paper and brainstorm aloud with each other. "This triangle could be part of a ..." Then they proceed to make it into their idea with crayons or collage materials.
This activity helps us practice identifying shapes and making pictures by combining shapes, thus learning that a shape can be placed within another shape. In addition to understanding shapes, the Venger activity promotes creative thinking and asks children to pretend that the shape is something other than the shape. It also involves self regulation ... the child cannot create just any picture, but must incorporate a specific shape into her or his drawing, which requires monitoring of the picture he or she intends to make and planning the drawing or creation. (And did I mention that using glue and scissors and collage materials are really engaging activities for pre-k kids?)
The results of today's activity are proudly displayed on our bulletin board in the hallway.
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