Screen-Free Friday - Shapes and Spaces.

Get Active

Wrap up and go for a walk nearby - look at the buildings around you.  What shapes can you see in the houses, office blocks, roofs and doorways?  How are the buildings decorated?  Which is your favourite shaped building - tall and thin like a tower block or small and low like a bungalow?

If you're walking in the countryside, can you find a view point and look down on the town and find shapes below?

In the garden - give each side of the garden a shape name and ask someone to call out the shapes for you to run to.  Can you move in zigzag lines or make triangle shapes with your body?

A ball is a 3D shape called a sphere - Can you roll a ball along the floor?  Can you throw it in the air and catch it 10 times?  How high can you throw a ball and catch it?

Can you make a 'Shape' dance?

Maths

Shapes are all around us - can you find items in your house that are different shapes e.g. a photo or the side of a cereal box are both rectangular, a 2p or a bottle top is circular.  Can you make a tally chart to find out which shape is the most common?

Get Creative

Choose one or two of these creative ideas using shapes to make houses:

1. Cut out shapes to make a picture of a house.

2. Draw a picture of a tall tower.

3. Make a house or castle out of Lego.

4. Make the tallest tower you can out of blocks.

5. Build a house from Meccano (or similar).

6. Design a house that you would like to live in - Where would it be?

7. Make a fairy house or garden.

8. Complete a jigsaw.

Reading

Find a quiet place to read your favourite book for 15 minutes.