Discovery Time SHAPE

• We are learning to identify and sort shapes by their features – number of sides and corners.

• We are learning to name the shapes and use them to create pictures and landscapes

• We are learning to solve problems by thinking and working with others.

TASK House

• You have been asked to design and build a house. You have

• boxes and tape to do it with. Your house must have

• the following:• A sloping roof• A rectangular door that opens• Two square windows• Two rooms• A garage on the side

• How will you attach the garage? Remember the garage needs to have a door too!!

Can you make the same picture that Whaea Cathie made?

Using the shapes on the computer, see if you can copy the picture. Can you work out how to move the shapes?

TASK Picture

Task

• Can you fold the paper into 3 dimensional shapes?

• Can you tell what shapes they are from the plan?

• Can you work with your group to put the shapes together to make a building?

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TASK Cars

Can you make a car from rectangular blocks?

Can you make a ramp for it to go down?

Can you make your car go down the ramp and across the room?

Can you make a tunnel for your car to go through?

• TASK Shape Picture 2

• You have been asked to make a picture show Whaea Bev all the different shapes you know about.

• You will need to cut out the coloured shapes and make a picture of a castle.

• It will have two towers, a square door and triangle flags flying. Make a cart with other shapes.

Task Round kites

Using paper plates, can you join two or three together to make a kite?

Can you make it as colourful as the one in the picture?

How will you fix them together?

TASK Diamond Kites

• Can you make a diamond kite? Can you make a symmetrical pattern on it?

• Can you make some tails? Can you make a tail with lots of different shapes on it.

•What will you use to make the bars on the kite?

TASK Sand Pit• Can you make shapes with Sand? What might you

need to add to the sand?• Use the moulds to make shapes out of sand.

• Can you make a house with the shapes, or a fish?

• Can you use the shapes to make a space ship?•

Can you find other things to make shapes with?(try a bucket or an ice cream container?)

TASK Shape Picture

You have been asked to make a picture show Whaea Bev all the different shapes you know about.

Your picture should have house with a roof, a bike in the garden and two large flowers.

You will need to cut out the coloured shapes and make a picture of a house