Exploring and Playing
Sorting
Maths Reception
This unit is part of
Reception Longer Maths Blocks Shapes and Sorting and
Reception Maths Planning Shapes and Sorting
Active Learning
Creating and Thinking Critically
Maths Out Loud
Counting
- Draw a 5x5 grid on the board and stick a range of 2-D shapes inside the first row.
- How many shapes are there in this row?
- Add shapes into the next row of the grid.
- How many shapes now?
- Continue until the grid is full.
- How many altogether?
Song
3-D Shape song
Join in with the BBC version of this song.
See download for song words.
Books
- When I Build with Blocks by Niki Alling
- Let’s Build a house by Mick and Brita Manning and Granström
- Rapunzel and Jack and the Beanstalk Traditional Tales
- I spy with My Little Eye…Shapes! by Marian Yiangou
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.