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Natalia
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Has any of you found an easy way of doing these? I tried to make by cutting the shapes from a template at montessori materials onto a foam board but it was too hard. The book I can do it! I can do it! have a version done by cutting shapes from plastic lids and then using the cut outs as insets and the lids as frames. I don't have any lids on hand so I tried cutting the shapes from a sturdy paper plate. It has potential but my hand is not steady enough to make the lines straight. Any ideas out there?
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I have made my own geometric cabinet with cardboard. instead of trying to draw a straight line with exacto knife, i would make dots (poke all the way through) close together. then when i make one continuous line, the dots would guide the knife for a smoother line. If you have attribute blocks, they might be able to serve the purpose of metal inserts.
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Intitially, I made these from cardboard and they worked until they were bent up by a younger sibling. Now, for the insets I use wooden shapes (circle, square, triangle) from Michaels. I also use the Learning Resources' attribute blocks. They come with a plastic frame or template with each of the shapes. It is not ideal, as the shapes are all in one frame rather than individual frames, but it works for me. The Learning Resources' template could be used to make individual frames.
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Thank you Genevieve and Christine. I grew up with the metal insets and I have fond memories of using them. When I saw them I got nostalgic. But they are so expensive. The cheapest I've found is over at montessoriconcepts (40.00). If I had more children coming up behind my 4yo I probably would buy them but it seems too much money for the use we are going to give them.
I found this lauri big shape puzzle . It might do the trick.
Natalia
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I was determined to buy the metal insets this year, but when I got all my other homeschool ordering done I just didn't have enough in the budget. So, I used something I had on hand, which was templates for scrapbooking. They are orange plastic. I have one with different sized ovals, one with squares and rectangles, and one with a mixed bag - hearts, stars etc. I am surprised at how well they actually work for this exercise. I just showed my kids how to line up a piece of paper under them and put them into a clipboard to keep it all relatively steady. My ds really enjoys using them.
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Becky,
On another thread I found this link
homeschoolingsupplies to some plastic Montessori Shapes. They are quite affordable. I just got mine today and they look great. They are not like the metal ones I remember from my Montessori childhood but they will work fine.
Natalia
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We have some of this set left and my little guys really enjoy working with them when I remember to draw attention to them. 
I got creative in the spring and crafted my own frame in which to place the insets and paper so they both wouldn't slip around when they boys wanted to "do tracing." I found a picture frame with the appropriate size opening to plop the inset frame into, et voila...no more slipping around and bouts of frustration from the 3yo!
Hmmm...it's probably time to present them again to refresh their memories. 
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Natalia wrote:
homeschoolingsupplies to some plastic Montessori Shapes. They are quite affordable. I just got mine today and they look great. They are not like the metal ones I remember from my Montessori childhood but they will work fine.
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What about frames? Are these the standard size of the metal ones?
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Jenn,
the frames I got are 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 . I think this is the same size as the standard Montessori metal frames but i am not sure.
Natalia
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