Around Halloween, children end up with bags filled with candy. After collecting candy, there have to be some things children can do with it other than inhaling it. Earlier this week you learned they could sort the candy in a variety of ways. Today let’s look at using candy to build shapes and objects!
This free set of challenge cards offers several pages of building object cards. There are also several pages of shapes. It is up to you to decide which of the cards you want to share with your children. Children can work only one type of card or a mixture of both.
Building Background
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You may want your children to read or listen to some books about candy and learning concepts. Below you will find a collection of wonderful books.
Getting the Halloween Candy Learning Challenge Cards
The challenge cards set is a PDF. When you download it, you will need to open it with a PDF reader. Acrobat Reader is a popular reader that you can download to use. You probably have it on your computer already.
Preparing the Candy Learning Challenge Cards
After downloading the set, look through the cards and decide which sorting challenges you want your children to work on. You will want to avoid challenges that will put your children in contact with candies that feature things they are allergic to.
Once you have decided on the challenges, you will need to decide if you want to print the cards out in B/W or color. If you are going to use the cards over and over again, you may decide that you want to print them in color. It would be a great idea to laminate the cards you plan to use over and over again.
Exploring the Challenge Cards
After getting the cards ready, you will need to decide how you want children to explore them. Children can build with a partner or a small group. Sharing what they each have built and why they choose the specific candy they did is important. It is also important to have someone with whom they can share their creation. That is why I would not suggest that children work on sorting cards on their own.
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