Muffin Tin Monday: Shapes

Today we were watching Steps 4 Kids to Draw which is a DVD I am reviewing. We decided to start with drawing something simple, so we chose the Shapes Section. This DVD seems very educational; stay tuned for the review later this week or early next week. As I didn't have anything specific I wanted to do for a muffin tin today I decided we would focus on shapes, specifically the shapes the girls were taught to draw watching this DVD. 

Circle Mimi O's

Granola bars cut into squares

Beet and pickle triangles

Pear half cut into a diamond (rhombus)

Spam heart

Cheddar cheese cubes

Star bread and butter

Funny thing about the pickles. I was planning on cutting them into circular slices. When I sliced them I realized they resembled triangles more than circles.

Muffin Tin Monday: Squares

Last week we didn't really do much. I had some things I wanted to get done for our first book we are rowing with Five in a Row-Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.  I will be posting about our time with the book shortly, I just haven't been very motivated this week (custody battles and long waits for the judges ruling tend to do that to me).  But we did have a special muffin tin last week, just not on Monday. One of the things we learn about in the book is that Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel Mary Anne dig cellars and they make sure the corners are square. So we had a square muffin tin. It's been a while since I did a shape tin.

They had:

saltine crackers

beets cut into squares

cheese cut into squares

pb&j cut into squares

apples cut into squares 

and square cereal

I took the 4th sandwich square and surrounded it with 4 Cheddar Fries so they had to count the sides.

Hannah could actually have the same lunch today for the first time!!

Linking up to