Wooden Inside Outside Shapes Game - 21ENC00174

Wooden Inside Outside Shapes Game

• 14 smooth and tactile birch plywood discs, each cut out with a different shape inside to make a captivating set of shape sorting puzzles.
• The discs contain 7 geometric or mathematical shapes (circle, oval, semicircle, triangle, square, rectangle and hexagon) and 7 organic or environmental shapes (mushroom, star, keyhole, crown, cross, flower and heart).
• At 12mm thick, the shapes and discs are beautifully chunky and portable, ideal for small hands to hold and manipulate.
• This is a versatile and cross-curricular resource to support a range of learning skills: shape matching, pairing and sorting, recognising 2D shapes and their characteristics, learning about symmetry and regular shapes, looking at shape attributes, discussing the difference between mathematical and representational forms.
• The shapes are great for playing pairing and matching games, as puzzle pieces, and for encouraging the use of descriptive language.
• The shapes and discs can all be used for drawing round or tracing, and to identify and find similar shapes in the classroom environment or outdoors.
• They can be stacked and balanced to engage motor skills and hand-eye coordination, or as accessories in imaginative play.
• Set includes a cotton drawstring storage bag and activity guide in 8 languages with details of 6 games to play.
• Case Study - Early Years Setting, Kent, UK: These are well liked by children and teachers as they are tactile and smooth.
• The children enjoyed using them as mini jigsaws.
• The teachers asked the children about the different shapes and linking their discussions to maths concepts.
• They were also comparing them and spotting similarities and differences.
• They had collaborative talk about why some shapes did not fit.
• This led to using directional vocabulary e.
• g.
• , turn it clockwise, anti-clockwise, right, left.
• Other vocabulary included positional language, such as inside, outside, next to, behind, in front of, around.
• They also used them for counting and sharing.