Page 14 - Numeracy Skills

BUILD THE SHAPE

• Children work in groups of 4 - 6 and place their
bricks in a pile together. They will need some string
/ wool.
• The teacher asks the children to build the following
shapes in their group:
square, rectangle, triangle, rhombus (kite), circle,
cube

Q: How many sides does the shape have?
Q: Are the sides straight or curved?
Q: Can this shape roll or slide?
Q: Is the shape symmetrical?
Q: How many lines of symmetry does the shape
have?
Q: Can you show the lines of symmetry using string?

SPACE AND

SHAPE

• Children work individually with their 6 bricks.
They will also need a piece of paper on which
to trace around the bricks.
• Child selects 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 bricks and creates a
design / pattern / picture with the bricks.
• Child then carefully traces around the edges of the
brick design.
• Remove the bricks from the design to create a 2D
template.
• This design can now be swopped with a friend.
The friend must place his bricks over the design
template correctly.

Variations:
• Using one brick trace around it. Repeat this action
all over the page. Lines must intersect. Once the
page is full of shapes the child must look and colour
in certain shapes to create a picture.
• Children trace around the brick shape all over the
page, intersecting lines. They then design a pattern
or create a picture.
• They could also create their own colour by number
picture.
• Swop your creation with your friend’s - colour it
according to the numbers indicated.
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