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# Take the presentation tray to a rug. | # Take the presentation tray to a rug. | ||
# Pick any shape with left hand | # Pick any shape with left hand | ||
# Hold the shape exposing the back side and run index and middle fingers clockwise and say 'I stop where I start'. You | # Hold the shape exposing the back side and run index and middle fingers clockwise and say 'I stop where I start'. You don't say this with the circle. | ||
# Allow child to trace the shape. | |||
# Pick insets and run fingers in anticlockwise direction. Allow child to feel insets. | |||
# name lessons | # name lessons | ||
# three period session. | # three period session. | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 25 August 2012
| Geometric Cabinet | |
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| Sensorial - Visual Discrimination of Form | |
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| Level | Primary |
| Age | 3 - 6 |
| Prerequisites | pincer grasp Knobbed Cylinders |
Use of this material makes the child familiar with 2 dimensional geometric shapes and teaches their names. This activity prepares the child for geometry.
Presentations
- Take the presentation tray to a rug.
- Pick any shape with left hand
- Hold the shape exposing the back side and run index and middle fingers clockwise and say 'I stop where I start'. You don't say this with the circle.
- Allow child to trace the shape.
- Pick insets and run fingers in anticlockwise direction. Allow child to feel insets.
- name lessons
- three period session.
