Parenting Picks: Tieramid
Tieramid
Besides some finger puppets and a few new instruments, Tieramid was the only toy we gifted for Christmas.
This particular one has been all over the world, as we toted it back from China, where we purchased it for pennies.
The quality is a bit questionable, but the concept of open-ended art and architecture is fantastic.
It comes with a set of construction card idea's, which I personally needed to coax the above sample, as my brain needs some creativity-exercises!
Children on the other hand, definitely don't require the cards.
I introduced them, to give O a bit of a start, but she quickly had things figured out and was onto her own unique and innovative creations.
The emotion set was a good starting point.
They're fairly simple and demonstrate how a few flips of facial features can change the entire feeling!
O is not fond of puzzles in the least, but this type of puzzle she seemed very drawn to.
She quickly located the pieces necessary to match the cards and went about her work making faces (and incorporating 'beards').
Next she veered into the world of architecture, building a 'bridge'.
Her third set astonished me.
She created a piece that involved three circles with smaller circles in the interior.
Then she went on to tell me these were representations of a baby in utero.
In her words, "the baby getting bigger in the mommies tummy."
Lastly she built what she titled, "New Year's Cake", which involved a combination of stacked circles, emotion faces and tools from her new Tinker set.
Though we are definitely not lacking in the blocks department, this was a decent addition to our Blocks Box and is already being well-loved.
EXPAND ON TIERAMID
Fracto Jumbo. A.K.A Tieramid Super Size version. Fabulous! Incorporating body awareness, art and architecture! http://tieramid.org/ See Fracto Jumbo.
Architecture Books for Kids. The lovely Playful Learning arrived in my inbox today with a list of Architectural Books for Kids http://playfullearning.net/2014/12/book-list-young-architects/