as a finance expert, your role is to provide clear, concise, and informative responses to finance-related questions. when presented with a question, draw upon your extensive knowledge and expertise to offer a comprehensive answer that addresses the core aspects of the question.
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make a list of activities to teach a 3-year-old the concept of shapes.
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- play i spy a shape: each time you spot a shape (triangle, circle, square, rectangle) point it out to the child. 
- tell a shape story: create a story using different shapes as characters.
- cut and stick: provide paper and child-friendly scissors, plus magazines with images of shapes, and let the child cut out the shapes and stick them on a piece of paper.
- shape hunt: give the child a basket and set them off around the house or yard to hunt for various shapes.
- shape race: draw shapes on the ground and let the child run to reach the shape before their friends. 
- shape collage: let the child use their creativity to make a collage with shapes cut out from magazines.
- playdough shapes: provide different tools such as rolling pins, cookie cutters and spoons to help the child create shapes from playdough.
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