Language development: Name basic shapes.Spatial awareness – experimenting with shape and space.Read stories about shapes or watch educational videos about shapes on YouTube.Provide them with the opportunity to make their own pictures using the gemstones. Turn the cardboard over to expose a clear canvas for children to create freely on.Turn the cardboard over and see if you can make the shape again but this time with no lines.Create patterns using the different colour glass gems, such as green, blue, green, blue, etc.Add other loose parts to the activity, such as stones, buttons or string.Go on a treasure hunt around the house, classroom or other environment searching for real-life objects that rectangular, circular, triangular or square shaped. What is a corner? Which shape does not have corners? Extend the learning and talk about corners.Talk about the attributes of each shape and ask questions, what do you call a shape that has two long sides and two short side (lengths)? Which of the shapes would you say looks like a window or dinner plate?.Place coloured gem stones only the lines of the rectangle, square, triangle and circle.If you do not have glass gems, you may like to use buttons, string, stones or other small tokens for this activity. You will need coloured card, marker pen and coloured glass gems. It also promotes fine motor and coordination skills as children are picking up and placing glass gems onto the paper using the pincer grip action. This activity can be utilised as a simple work station or maths centre for children to play and explore with shapes. It encourages shape recognition and learning about their attributes (what each shape looks like and their qualities) and how to make them. The activity involves placing coloured gems along the lines of the square, rectangle, circle and triangle. This basic shapes activity provides children with the opportunity to explore and create with shapes.
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