Year One: Properties of Shapes

The lesson plan emphasizes the importance of hands-on activities in helping children recognize and understand 2D shapes through various sensory materials and creative methods. It advocates for interactive learning by engaging children in drawing, colouring, and sculpting shapes using everyday materials.

This content provides a comprehensive guide for parents and educators on how to teach children about 2D shapes through hands-on activities. It includes the use of 2D Shapes Vocabulary Cards to introduce different shapes and their properties, encouraging discussions about the names, sides, and corners of shapes. Various materials such as flour, chalk, and craft sticks are suggested for creating shapes, allowing children to explore their creativity. The Recognising Shapes Activity Sheets offer structured activities like tracing, colouring, and counting shapes to enhance pencil control and shape identification skills. The content emphasizes the importance of sensory play, suggesting that children can draw shapes in trays of glitter or sand. It also encourages parents to engage in discussions with their children about the shapes they create, fostering a deeper understanding of geometric concepts.

This content emphasizes the importance of hands-on learning through a creative activity that helps children recognize and name common 2D and 3D shapes. The main thesis is that engaging children in making a shapes collage fosters their understanding of geometry while allowing for personal expression and creativity.

The activity encourages children to develop their understanding of 2D shapes by cutting out coloured shapes to create a collage. It includes a Shapes Collage Ideas Sheet to provide visual support for the children. Parents are guided to discuss various aspects of the collage-making process, such as identifying shapes and colours. Children can either replicate images from the Ideas Sheet or create their own unique designs. The activity promotes creativity and personal expression while reinforcing shape recognition. Parents are encouraged to assist their children in cutting out shapes and gluing them in place. After completing the collage, discussions about the artwork help reinforce learning. The content outlines necessary materials, including scissors, coloured paper, and glue. It emphasizes the educational value of hands-on activities in the curriculum.

Sculpting shapes with playdough helps children recognize and understand the structure of 2D and 3D shapes through hands-on learning. The activity encourages engagement and discussion about shapes, enhancing both vocabulary and mathematical skills.

This activity focuses on teaching children to recognize and name common 2D and 3D shapes using playdough. It includes the use of 2D and 3D Shapes Vocabulary Cards to facilitate discussions about the shapes, such as their names, number of sides, and whether they are flat or have volume. The activity encourages children to sculpt shapes with playdough, promoting sensory engagement and creativity. Suggested methods for sculpting include rolling sausages to form outlines, cutting shapes with tools, and moulding shapes by hand. The curriculum emphasizes hands-on learning, allowing children to explore and discuss the shapes they create. The activity aims to enhance children's understanding of mathematical concepts while developing their vocabulary related to shapes.

This content provides a hands-on educational activity designed to help children recognize and categorize common 2D and 3D shapes through sorting exercises. The main thesis emphasizes the importance of interactive learning in developing shape recognition skills in young learners.

The activity focuses on helping children develop their understanding of 2D shapes by sorting them into various groups based on size, shape, or colour. It includes a Sorting Shapes Activity Sheet that provides shapes for cutting out and tables for grouping. Children can either cut out pre-drawn shapes or create their own. The sorting categories include triangles, circles, squares, small shapes, large shapes, and coloured shapes such as blue, red, and yellow. After sorting, children can glue the shapes into the appropriate columns on the activity sheet. The activity encourages discussion about the groups formed, the number of edges, and corners of the shapes. This hands-on approach is designed to enhance learning through practical engagement and visual recognition.

This content provides a creative educational activity for children to explore symmetry through painting, emphasizing hands-on learning and artistic expression. The main thesis is that engaging children in art can enhance their understanding of geometric concepts while fostering creativity.

This activity encourages children to recognize and name common 2D and 3D shapes through a hands-on painting exercise focused on symmetry. Parents are guided to explain symmetry as an arrangement where one half mirrors the other. The activity involves using either symmetrical templates or plain paper, where children paint shapes and patterns on one side. After painting, the paper is folded to transfer the design to the other side, creating a symmetrical artwork. Discussion points include identifying the shapes created, the colours used, and the process of making the artwork. This approach not only teaches geometric concepts but also promotes creativity and artistic skills in children.