Triangle Treat

­Encourage your children to use colorful card stock to make a three-sided triangle treat for mathematical fun.

What You'll Need:

• Card stock
• Scissors

How to Make a Triangle Treat:

Step 1: Have your children cut colorful card stock into dozens of tiny triangles.

Step 2: They should arrange the triangles into delightful shapes and designs on the floor, a table, or their desk. Can they make squares from triangles? Patterns? Designs? There's only one way to find out. Have them team up with a friend for twice the three-sided fun.

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