Following on from Maths Week Scotland last week the children have continued to show an interest in shapes! Today in the clay area we were identifying 2D and 3D shapes.
“That’s a square and that’s a triangle!”
The children were using the 3D shapes as stampers in the clay. They were developing their shape knowledge and understood that one side of a 3D shape made a 2D shape in the clay when they stamped it!
“I’ve made a square, tap, tap on the top!”
Some children chose to wrap their shapes in the clay which turned the clay into 3D shapes! They enjoyed getting their friends to unwrap the shapes to find out what was hiding in the clay!
Having already rolled out the clay, using the rolling pin handle as a stamper, some children noticed it made circles in the clay! Great shape detectives!
“Look, lots of little circles!”
Some of our younger children just really enjoyed building with the clay and the 3D shapes whilst developing their fine motor skills.
“It’s a castle for a Princess!”
The children really enjoyed learning about different shapes whilst having great fun with the clay!
