So, my son, Talon, is learning about his spheres, cubes, cylinders, and cones in his kindergarten class this week. He's had to identify the shapes on worksheets and what-not... Well, his Friday assignment was to bring in just a couple of things that resembled these shapes. So, I was so proud of him for finding everything very quickly on his own and without my help. For the cube he found and old block. For the sphere he took one of the dog's old chewed up tennis balls (it was completely bald of any green fur, but who am I to correct the boy, everything he had was perfectly fine). For a cone, he grabbed a tiny funnel I kept under the kitchen sink (how'd he even know that was in there?...hhhmmmm). And for the cylinder, he decided to grab a brand new quart size can of paint. These items were absolutely perfect! Yet, without stunting his likeliness to handle his assignments independently, I kindly mentioned that he may not want to take the can of paint b/c it may break open and spill. (It was so hard not to just snatch that can right out of his hand in a shocking panic. That was what I was going to use to paint the trim in the hallway! GGRRRRR) But, he was so excited about the items that HE came up with, apparently he didn't take my advice... and here is the end result...
