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Pick out shapes from a collection 
Description:
Pupils start to pick out particular shapes from a collection
| Early years skill: | Shape, space and measure |
| Early years typical range: | 30-50m |
| P-scales/Curriculum skill: | Maths Shape Space and Measures |
| P-scales/Curriculum level: | P7 |
| TAP skill: | Understanding of Language/Comprehension |
| TAP level: | TAP42 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hunt the shape Plastic shapes Soft toys Beakers | Use squares, circles, rectangles etc and play hiding games under soft toys or beakers. As the child or you 'find ' the item label it, for example: 'Look...a circle.' | You need to make the learning very visible. Allow the child to explore the materials and give time to respond to questions. Use simple language and as much as possible use the same phrases to name shapes e.g. 'Square...this is a square.' Use lots of repetition. |
| Posting Plastic shapes Post box Bag (optional) | Allow the child to explore the materials and give time to respond to questions. | |
| Join dots to make shapes Dotted pictures of shapes Pencil, colouring pencils or crayons A post box (optional) | Use simple language and as much as possible use the same phrases to name shapes e.g. 'Square...this is a square.' Use lots of repetition. | |
| Play dough modelling Play dough, plasticene or similar. | Allow the child to explore materials and give time to respond to questions Use simple language and as much as possible use the same phrases to name shapes e.g. 'Square...this is a square.' Use lots of repetition. |
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