Extended Day's Geometric Sticks

Sticks have a great potential for learning all types of new skills.  We got to gather sticks, sort them out, clean them up, and add a bit of paint to each end for countless creation opportunities.  While collecting, we targeting the small straight sticks but didn't mind if some were bigger or a bit curvy.

 Once we got a basket full, we decided that some were fat and some were skinny, so we sorted them out into groups then cleaned them up a bit by scraping one stick with another. 

Then we filled some cups up with paint for dipping.  Some sticks have the same color and some have a different color on each side for more matching options. 

Once all of the sticks were dry we got to finally play with them!  Some used sticks with all of the same color, some made specific shapes, and others just had fun matching the colors together. 

We even played pick up sticks! Ilan thinks that this pile looks like a campfire.