You Will Need

Exploring and Playing

'Shape Mat' (see resources), Construction kits; play-dough, plasticine or blue tac; lolly sticks; plastic or wooden 3-D shapes; play-dough tools; mats; sticky notes; shallow trays of paint, paper; junk modelling e.g. kitchen rolls, boxes (cuboid and cube); masking tape; glue; any embellishing resources e.g. googly eyes, pipe cleaners etc.

Active Learning

'Shape Nets' (see resources); matching plastic/wooden 3-D shapes; shapes made from 'Shape nets' (see resources); shallow paint trays; paint; 'Dice Nets' (see resources); glue/ Sellotape.

Creating and Thinking Critically

'Shape Nets' (see resources); 3-D shapes; 3-D wooden building blocks; 'Challenge Cards' (see resources); everyday packets of different shapes and sizes, e.g. small cereal packets, paper-hankie boxes, spice pots or boxes, etc.; '3-D Shapes and matching Nets' (see resources).