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Mathematics in the EYFS: shape - Square up
Nursery World,
27 September 2007
Help children to use, discuss and think about shapes in mathematical terms with suggestions from Sheila Ebbutt and Carole Skinner.
Shapes of things we can see or touch are mostly too complex to describe, except very roughly: the shell is a bit round; the stairs are straight and they go up at an angle. Some objects have particular names to describe their shape. It is important to make available examples of different 2D and 3D shapes, such as equilateral triangles and tetrahedrons, squares and cubes, so that children can generalise their properties. It is also important to explore the relationship...
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