I bought this really great bucket of geometric foam shapes at Michael's last week. My little one likes to wipe them on a glue stick and smash them onto a sheet of paper. It keeps him busy for at least half an hour. Usually I fill up a little cup with the shapes so he only has a relatively small amount of stuff to work with. Well, the other night, he wanted to take the entire bucket over to the coffee table. It had been a long day, so rather than listen to him whine and work himself into a frenzy, I let him do it. Big mistake as you can see.
At any rate, I highly recommend these foam shapes. They are supposed to be for ages 3 and up, but little B is barely 2 and is okay with them. Some of the shapes are kinda small though, so if you're toddler is still taste-testing everything, you should be careful.
If you're so inclined, you can use the shapes to teach your kids about colors and geometry. Talk about the shapes, how many sides they have, what color they are, etc. Have them group the shapes by one characteristic. Bring up the word polygon. While this is not an actual definition, the polygons in the bucket here are the shapes with straight edges - you know, squares, triangles, rectangles....
Have fun, and remember - less is more. :)
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