Tieramid CircleSet

Product Description

Cognitive 4

Skills

• Practice spatial relationship and part/whole concept skills as they manipulate the pieces to produce desired constructions.
• When using the picture cards, children practice sequential thinking and problem solving skills.
• Children can engage in play that is concrete and familiar or that more imaginative and creative.

Play Ideas

• Using the larger arches, explore concepts such as over/under, front/back, around/through.
• Explore basic fractions: quarters, halves, and whole.
• Add small animal, people or vehicles to create larger constructions and play scenarios. Using the figures can help create concrete, understandable play.

Adaptation Ideas

• Adjust the number of blocks and/or cards presented according to the child’s needs.
• Make enlarged copies of the cards to be used as templates for construction.

Sensory 3

Skills

• Spatial relationships can be illustrated, explored and practiced.
• Matching and sorting skills can be utilized by categorizing the pieces.
• Picture card constructions promote more abstract thinking. 

Play Ideas

• Using the larger arches, explore concepts such as over/under, front/back, around/through.
• Sort the pieces by shape or color.
• Add small animal, people or vehicles to create larger constructions and play scenarios.

Adaptation Ideas

• Make enlarged copies of the picture cards and add raised edges to provide a template for construction.
• Use black or white non-skid material to enhance contrast and to define a play area.

Physical 3

Skills

• Children can practice whole hand grasp and release as well as more refined finger motions as they manipulate the pieces.
• Organizing and choosing specific pieces help children develop motor planning skills.
• The pieces are of a size and weight that makes them easy to grasp or to move with finger motions.

Play Ideas

• Explore the different number of ways to construct a circle.
• Using the larger arches, explore concepts such as over/under, front/back, around/through.
• Add small animal, people or vehicles to create larger constructions and play scenarios.

Adaptation Ideas

• Make enlarged copies of the cards to use as templates for construction.
• Use non-skid material as a play surface.
• Mount the cards on sturdy backing in order to create a book so that children can make their own choices of what to construct.
• Store pieces in a container to promote independent access and retrieval.