Triangles

One of the speech teachers and the Pt teacher are concerned because the kiddos don't have their shapes down pat. They know what a circle and a square is, but they get confused beyond that. I have spent at least an hour on the triangle. We held foam triangles in different colors, we drilled, we ate triangle shaped foods, etc... and we still get it wrong!!! I cut up a couple of granola bars into triangle shapes and every time they got it right they ate one. If they got it wrong I ate one. I saw a couple of sparks of anger in Missy's eyes when I ate the first couple. She literally threw her foam triangle out the door, but almost as quickly as the impulse to get upset came she decided to pull it together before I said anything. I do believe she is learning to control herself.  I might have been all discouraged with teaching them the triangle if I didn't know from experience that sometimes it takes three days to stick. That's what I'm hoping for, anyway.