Easy Biscuit Shapes

[20 Minutes]

When you begin with prepared biscuits, this activity is easy. Play around and make some shapes that the family will have fun eating for dinner.

You'll need:

• 1 tube of refrigerated biscuits • baking tray • plastic knife • flour

What to do:

1. Let your child help you open the package and take out the biscuits, separating them and laying them on the counter.
2. Talk about the circle shape and then show your child how to cut one biscuit in half with a plastic knife to make two half circles.
3. Work together to make another circle into a square by pushing and pulling the dough.
4. Try making other shapes such as a triangle, rectangle, and oval by using fingers or the plastic knife. (Use flour if the dough gets too sticky.)
5. Place the biscuit shapes on a baking tray and bake as directed on the package, shortening the time as needed because of the size of the shapes.
6. Enjoy the biscuits with a family meal.

Let's Talk: Ideas to Explore Together.

• Which shapes can you make with your fingers? Your whole arm? Your body?
• Let's look at our dinner table. What shapes do you see there?

Useful information:

While you are having fun together, your child is developing math skills and basic food preparation.