Alexandra began working on an exercise involving shapes. It required that she count the sides of the shapes and color according to a key provided. She was reminded of the names of the shapes and encouraged to repeat them and subsequently queried for recall. She also was tasked with filling in the blanks about 2 dimensional objects and their surfaces (flat or curved). Alexandra was exposed to a variety of hands-on activities that involved tracing, drawing, naming, and identifying 2D shapes and comparing them to real life objects, (e.g., a shoebox, a spoon, a pan), which further developed Alexandra's ability to recognize the difference between 2D and 3D shapes and discuss their characteristics, such as the numbers of corners and sides. Alexandra was also presented with word problems tasking her with using check marks on pictorial graphs to solve problems. Math vocabulary such as "how many pieces of fruit did she buy in all?" was reinforced. Finally, Alexandra used a color code to color the picture which developed concepts of greater than and less than ("what number is greater than 8 but less than 10') to further develop, reinforce and refine her number sense.