The children have been exploring 'Shape' this week, the skills that are learnt when exploring and sorting shape are important life skills and support identifying and organising all visual information. The children have had great fun carrying out shape hunts, which has entailed them hunting for shapes in their learning environment.
They have also been learning shape songs to help them remember the attributes of shapes and they have finally had the opportunity to create collages using various shapes. Korey demonstrated great resourcefulness when he said "I can't find an oval, it's ok I'll make one" and Oliver said "I have five squares on my house".
The children have been singing 'Meet the shapes', please encourage your child to sing this at home.
We went on a shape hunt and found lots of different shapes in our playground. This ability to accurately identify shapes is a fundamental mathematical skill, and is so rewarding for our children because their world is full of shapes. Understanding shapes will enable them to be more in tune with the world around them and see the connections between objects.
"This is a circle and that is a triangle. It has one, two, three sides." Christian
How many shapes can you find on your way to school?
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