Guest Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 Hi all, Just wondered, most of my children are familiar with the four basic 2d shapes, naming corners, straight and curved edges. Is it to soon in the year to move onto 3d shapes. My topic this half term is shape, texture and colour. So will obviously need to include shapes. xxxx Quote
Cait Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 Hi all, Just wondered, most of my children are familiar with the four basic 2d shapes, naming corners, straight and curved edges. Is it to soon in the year to move onto 3d shapes. My topic this half term is shape, texture and colour. So will obviously need to include shapes. xxxx offer them the names and see what they 'run with'. Some may love the new names and others might not be interested. It's never to soon to learn lovely new words! I remember a 2 year old telling me a few years ago that she'd painted an ovoid!! Quote
Cait Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 something that's an oval shape but spherical Quote
mundia Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 There is a school of thought that suggests 3D shapes are easier to learn because they are more tangible than 2D shapes. I have always used both and children love using those big names... I recall a child a few years ago who had speech difficulties really enjoying 'triangular prism'. Its very easy to talk about the properties of 3D shape and also to let them explore them. Ovoid in its simplest terms just means egg shaped. Quote
Guest Posted October 29, 2009 Posted October 29, 2009 Wow a wealth of knowledge out there, from little ones aswell hey. Thanks for clarifying the ovoid. it really is tru you lrearn something everyday hey xx Quote
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