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2D Shapes in Your Environment - Kteachertaggart |
- This video shows many more examples of shapes that you can see everywhere all around you
- Bonus shape: the hexagon! We will learn more about that shape in year 1
- Keep an eye out for these shapes in your everyday life
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2D Shape Cards - SparkleBox |
- These shape cards are designed to be printed double sided so you can recognise the and learn the names of each shape
- You will learn the names of many shapes for this set!
- You may like to print these cards as a single sided deck of cards, and play a few games of 'Memory' or 'Snap' with them
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2D Shape Hunt - McMahon Education |
- Go on a shape hunt in your environment! Look for examples of squares, circles, triangles and rectangles, and record them into your workbook
- Draw, write, cut and paste pictures from magazines
- Use one page for each shape; don't worry if you don't find too many examples at first, you can always add more another day
- Print and paste the optional labels as page headings (pdf link below)
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2D Shape Peg Cards - SparkleBox |
- These 2D shape peg cards are great for children to analyse the properties of everyday items and match them to their correct shape
- Follow the instructions on the site to make these cards
- Note: there us a bonus 'hexagon' card, and a double up card for the different labels of 'oblong' and 'rectangle'; we will stick with 'rectangle'
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2D Shape Recognition Colouring Sheets - SparkleBox |
- This is an alternative to the 2D Shape Peg Card activity above
- Colour the objects that match the shape
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2D Shapes Around Us Playdough Mats - SparkleBox |
- Identify the shape being represented in the photograph, then use playdough to make and cover it
- This activity will assist the development fine motor skills and hand strength
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2D Shapes Roll and Cover Activity - SparkleBox |
- This is a fun little dice game that exercises counting and subitising skills
- Time yourself! See how long it takes you to cover the entire board!
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2D Shapes Worksheets - Math Salamanders |
- Some extra worksheets to identify and colour shapes
- Stick with those in the Kindergarten section, in particular the 'Shade the ...' worksheets
- These sheets rely on students knowing the spelling for each shape and mental recall of the properties for each
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Basic Shapes Flash Cards - Mr Printables |
- These cards are an alternative to those in the SparkleBox set
- They are very simple with 12 to the set; a handy little reference
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Colour the Shapes - McMahon Education |
- This worksheet requires students to colour each shape as directed in the instructions
- All of the shapes are of variable sizes and orientations; the rectangles and triangles will look slightly dissimilar
- Students should have every single shape coloured in on completion
- Pdf download link below
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Find the Shape - Busy Toddler |
- This is a great way to involve whole body movement into identifying and colouring shapes
- I like that students can stand back from the wall to view all shapes at once, before colouring each one in
- Best for those with control over their fine motor skills, unless you're due to freshen up the paint on your walls of course!
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The Highlight Zone - PBS Kids |
- This fun game adds an element of mystery to searching for common shapes in our environment
- It is a listening exercise that combines knowledge of shape and number to find and colour the shapes in each image
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Shape Monsters - Top Marks |
- Another fun little game where students need to identify and match each shape to its hungry little monster
- This game uses the four basic shapes that we have worked with this lesson, and so while simple, students should have no trouble linking a shape to its name
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Shapes - Songs For Kids - Pancake Manor |
- Another song about shapes in our environment
- You could use this song as a stimulus for the 2D Shape Hunt activity above
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Shapes Songs for Children - The Kiboomers |
- This is another video that links everyday objects to the four basic shapes that we will learn about in this unit
- This video can be used to gather more examples for the 2D Shape Hunt activity above
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