Shapes

Our final math unit focused on two and three-dimensional shapes. The children explored, sorted and compared shapes and worked on describing their attributes through free and guided activities.

pattern blocks

pattern block pictures

making shapes on a geoboard using rubber bands

A tangram person.

 The tangram is an ancient Chinese puzzle that is made up of 7 pieces. We read Grandfather Tang's Story and created the tangrams shown in the book.

Here is a page from our story. 

Building with 3D shapes and identifying the 2D shapes in them

Our shape pictures. We used and identified: square, circle, triangle, rhombus, trapezoid, hexagon, rectangle

Sculptures

The children enjoyed experimenting with plasticine to create these beautiful sculptures. They added to their bases using a variety of materials (e.g. feathers, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks and buttons) and explored with different lines and designs to create a piece that they found aesthetically pleasing.