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Math · Ages 4–7 · 12 minutes

Shape Workshop: Find and Record a Shape Hunt

A short observation hunt turns shape vocabulary into evidence as children sketch or tally the flat outlines they find nearby.

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Shape Workshop: Find and Record a Shape Hunt

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Today I am practising: finding specified 2D shape outlines in an environment

1

Find one circular outline and sketch it.

2

Find one rectangular outline and sketch it.

3

Find one triangular outline or sign and sketch it.

4

Tally how many square outlines you find.

5

Circle the shape you found most often.

6

Tell an adult where you found one shape and how you checked it.

Grown-up guide
  1. Set a small, safe search area before beginning.
  2. Accept a quick sketch or dictated location when writing is not the goal.
  3. Ask the child to name a property after each find instead of accepting a guess from an object's name.