{"id":1244,"date":"2009-03-14T20:40:02","date_gmt":"2009-03-15T03:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2009-11-27T21:36:10","modified_gmt":"2009-11-28T04:36:10","slug":"push-limits-with-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=1244","title":{"rendered":"Push Limits with Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">Scoop up some geometry, spatial reasoning, and creativity when you make this cool cone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0construction paper<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0tissue paper<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0tape<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0glue<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0glitter<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0other collage or decorating materials<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cut a sheet of paper into the shape of a triangle. Explain how the triangle can be rolled into the shape of a cone.\u00c2\u00a0Invite your child to decorate the triangle by drawing stripes, squares, circles, or anything she wants. \u00c2\u00a0Together roll the paper into the shape of a cone, and secure it using tape. Make ice cream scoops by balling up tissue paper and stuffing it into the cone until it begins to rise over the top. Finish decorating the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ice cream\u00e2\u20ac\u009d with glue and glitter! \u00c2\u00a0To extend the activity, brainstorm other uses for the cone. Could it be a megaphone? A princess hat? A tepee? Make more cones and decorate them accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0Encourages creativity<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0Introduces geometry concepts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 Scoop up some geometry, spatial reasoning, and creativity when you make this cool cone. \u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0construction paper \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0tissue paper \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0tape \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0glue \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0glitter \u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0other collage or decorating materials Cut a sheet of paper into the shape of a triangle. Explain how the triangle can be rolled into the shape of a cone.\u00c2\u00a0Invite your child to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,58,16,37,15,9],"tags":[344,345,398],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1244"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3163,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244\/revisions\/3163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}