These activities will help your child develop understanding of the concepts of fast and slow.
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Early years skill: | Shape, space and measure |
Early years typical range: | 22-36m |
P-scales/Curriculum skill: | Maths Shape Space and Measures |
P-scales/Curriculum level: | P6 |
TAP skill: | Understanding of Language/Comprehension |
TAP level: | TAP36 |
Pre/Nat. Curriculum Area: | not specified |
Pre/Nat. Curiculum Standard: | not specified |
Section: | Early Years (0-5yrs) info; Primary (5-11yrs) info |
Activity/strategy name and materials required | How to do the activity | Key principles for doing the activity and comments |
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Fast slow car game | 1. Print and cut out the fast/slow symbols. 2. Explain to your child that they are going to pretend to be a car and move around the room. You will tell them to go slow or fast depending on which symbol you show. 3. Have a practice by showing the symbol and saying the word and encouraging your child to move slowly or fast around the room. 4. Swap over and let your child tell you whether to go fast or slow. | If your child is finding it challenging to grasp the difference between slow and fast. Choose one concept first, e.g. slow, and use 'not slow' as the alternative. Once you are confident that your child understands this concept you can start to teach the concept of fast. |
Traffic Spot | 1. Print and cut out the fast/slow symbols and the traffic spot symbols. 2. Find somewhere you can look out of a window and watch a road/street. You could do this activity when you are out and about, 3. Identify what you see and find the matching symbol, e.g. bicycle - talk about whether the bicycle was slow or fast and sort it on to the correct symbol. 4. Model and repeat the words fast and slow. | If your child is finding it challenging to grasp the difference between slow and fast. Choose one concept first, e.g. slow, and use 'not slow' as the alternative. Once you are confident that your child understands this concept you can start to teach the concept of fast. |