Geo - Earth
Metry - Measure
what does something look like vs what something is.
Eg an octagon is a 6 sided shape - but may not look like the proto-typical octagon, or shape.
Need to give lots of opportunities for naming shapes, rather look just looking at the specialist versions.
make geometrical statements about our environment.
real objects are important as child's world is 3D
In Y1 get children to realize and see there are different types of roundness. Explore round before circles.
words associated with what it looks like rather than what it does.
The transition of 5 year olds from pre-school to school needs take into account their world. Then mathematize that world. Notice and talk about shapes in the 5-year-old world. Corners, roundness, flatness, can be turned from flat to roll.
Deliberately draw attention to why things may roll in a different way. Bring attention to shape. Looking at the roundness of the objects (ball, wheel, cylinder)
Form - what it looks like
Function - what it does
Corners - round corner, sharp corners,
what does straight mean?
Shapes have a set of rules or features. = polygons
be closed
complete
sharp corners
have straight lines
then count the sides. put all 4 together, then 3 together
Ovals - circles
Directional language/Language of location:
Grow a child's vocab all year.
Give more sophistication to describe where things are. Need to be done in context.
Point of reference is important - egocentric (myself) geocentric (the Earth as it is).
Metry - Measure
what does something look like vs what something is.
Eg an octagon is a 6 sided shape - but may not look like the proto-typical octagon, or shape.
Need to give lots of opportunities for naming shapes, rather look just looking at the specialist versions.
make geometrical statements about our environment.
real objects are important as child's world is 3D
In Y1 get children to realize and see there are different types of roundness. Explore round before circles.
words associated with what it looks like rather than what it does.
The transition of 5 year olds from pre-school to school needs take into account their world. Then mathematize that world. Notice and talk about shapes in the 5-year-old world. Corners, roundness, flatness, can be turned from flat to roll.
Deliberately draw attention to why things may roll in a different way. Bring attention to shape. Looking at the roundness of the objects (ball, wheel, cylinder)
Form - what it looks like
Function - what it does
Corners - round corner, sharp corners,
what does straight mean?
Shapes have a set of rules or features. = polygons
be closed
complete
sharp corners
have straight lines
then count the sides. put all 4 together, then 3 together
Ovals - circles
Directional language/Language of location:
Grow a child's vocab all year.
Give more sophistication to describe where things are. Need to be done in context.
Point of reference is important - egocentric (myself) geocentric (the Earth as it is).
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