You Will Need

Exploring and Playing

2-D shapes; basket; masking tape; sticky notes; pens; tuff spot; plastic animals/ creatures; '3-D shape sorting grid' (see resources); 3-D shapes in different colours; sorting hoops.

Active Learning

A2 paper; selection of 3-D shapes; 'Example sorting grid' (see resources); 'Shape cards' (see resources); 'Colour cards' (see resources); 'Coloured shape tiles' (see resources); 'Picture cards' (see resources); 'Sorting cards' (see resources); 'Coin cards' (see resources); 'Example Coin grid' (see resources); 'Example 3-D Shape grid' (see resources).

Creating and Thinking Critically

'Dotty grid' (see resources - enlarged to A3); 'Dotty cards' (see resources); 'Sorting grid completed' (see resources); 'Emoji grid' (see resources); 'Shape grid completed' (enlarged - see resources); counters.