The gifts are intended to give the child new universal aspects of the external world, suited to a child’s development. The gifts lead to discovery and give insight.
Solids
Color First Gift Six colored worsted balls, about an inch and a half in diameter.
Shape Second Gift Wooden Ball, cylinder. and cube, one inch and a half in diameter.
Number Third Gift Eight one-inch cubes, forming a two inch cube (2x2x2).
Extent Fourth Gift Eight brick shaped blocks (2x1x1/2) forming a two-inch cube.
Symmetry Fifth Gift Twenty-seven one-inch cubes, three bisected and three quadrisected diagonally, forming a three-inch cube (3x3x3).
Proportion Sixth Gift Twenty-seven brick-shaped blocks, three bisected longitudinally and six bisected transversely, forming a three-inch cube.
Squares derived from the faces of the second or third gift cubes Entire squares - one and a half in. square of one-inch square and Half-squares - squares cut diagonally
Equilateral triangles length of side, one inch, or one inch and a half. Entire triangles, Half triangles - the equilateral triangle is cut in the direction of the altitude, yielding right scalene triangles, acute angles of 60 degrees and 80 degrees and Thirds of triangles - the equilateral triangle is cut from the center to the vertices, yielding obtuse isosceles triangles, angles 80 and 120 degrees
This occupation enables the child to reconstruct the surface and solid synthetically from the point. It consists of softened peas or wax pellets and sharpened sticks or straws.
