Solids on Steroids!

Wow! I came across the most amazing set of geometric
solids from a man who hand carves them in Japan.
He does actually sell these to schools in Japan. I am
saving up for a set...

Montessori World has a presentation on geo solids

(more than the usual set) here: http://homepage.mac.com/montessoriworld/mwei/sensory/sgeosoli.html

Paper models of solids would be fun to make either from

cut outs or oragami.  Check these resources out from Dover Book:

http://store.doverpublications.com/0486461726.html

A Freebee site with printable geo solids is:

http://www.korthalsaltes.com/index.html

My son printed these on colored paper and made

quite a few models. We store them in a big clear plastic box.

Polydron is the plastic polyhedra model set that we used in my

Montessori training.  The sets can be found here:

http://www.enasco.com/product/TB23512T

George Hart's art using geo forms is amazing:

http://www.georgehart.com/sculpture/sculpture.html

This would make a great tie in to how forms can be used to

produce beautiful art.  Have fun enjoying these sculptures!