AIMS:
Direct aim: visual discrimination of colours and dimensions.
Indirect aim:
- preparation for geometry
- preparation for algebra
Description: in a wooden box that opens on two hinged doors, the trinomial cube is a geometric representation of the formula (a+b+c)³
It contains 28 rectangular blocks stacked in three layers forming a cube.
- a box that opens on two hinged doors
- 28 rectangular blocks which, stacked in three layers, form a cube whose formula is:
1) on the first layer:
- 1 red cube with 4 cm edges
- 2 red and black blocks 4 cm wide, 3 cm high
- 2 red and black blocks 4 cm wide, 2 cm high
- 2 black blocks 4 cm high
- 1 yellow and black block 2 cm wide, 4 cm high
- 1 blue and black block 3 cm wide, 4 cm high
2) on the second layer:
- 1 blue cube with 3 cm edges
- 1 red and black block 4 cm wide, 3 cm high
- 2 black blocks 4 cm high
- 2 black and blue blocks 3 cm wide, 4 cm high
- 2 blocks 3 cm wide, 2 cm high
- 1 yellow and black block 2 cm wide, 3 cm high
3) on the third layer:
- 1 yellow cube with 2 cm edges
- 1 red and black block 4 cm wide, 2 cm high
- 2 black blocks 2 cm wide, 4 cm high
- 2 yellow and black blocks 2 cm wide, 4 cm high
- 2 yellow and black blocks 2 cm wide, 3 cm high
- go and get the box from the shelf with the child
- sit down at a table and tell them the name of the activity
- remove the lid, open the two hinged doors and take out the solids layer by layer, rebuilding the cube layer by layer
- when the child is comfortable and rebuilds the cube without difficulty, take out the solids and place them on the table in a mixed order. Ask the child to rebuild it layer by layer and then by angle. Lastly, ask the child to rebuild the cube on the table.