by Chenyu Yi | May 11, 2018
This is an activity in which children could learn the concept of size through vision and...
by Chenyu Yi | May 11, 2018
This is an activity in which children could learn the concept of size through vision and...
by Jena Simms | Apr 12, 2018
Jena Simms | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas In every failure is a lesson. Einstein said failure is success in progress. That’s how you grow your brain! Read transcript Did you have trouble finding the shape that you wanted to make? How did that...
by Teach for Life | May 16, 2017
Sumita Ghosh | Wichita Collegiate School | Wichita, Kansas After the teacher discusses the number of sides and corners each shape has, the students do different activities involving circles, squares, and triangles. They can trace the shapes, cut them out of paper, and...
by Teach for Life | May 11, 2017
Noel Lucero | Kensler Elementary | Wichita, Kansas Each student has four basic shapes cut out of paper: rectangle, square, triangle, circle. The teacher picks one of the shapes and sings a song. Students have to recognize and pick up that shape and then join in the...
by Teach for Life | Apr 20, 2017
Blake Burbach | Discovery Place Preschool | Wichita, Kansas The teacher explains “AB” and “ABC” patterns. She creates examples of the patterns using natural materials and then has the students make their own patterns. Read Transcript Patterns...
by Teach for Life | Feb 23, 2017
Noel Lucero | Kensler Elementary | Wichita, Kansas In this activity, the teacher introduces four basic shapes: rectangle, square, triangle, and circle. She uses paper cutouts to show and describe each shape. Then she asks students to find the shape somewhere in the...
by Teach for Life | Feb 22, 2017
Noel Lucero | Kensler Elementary | Wichita, Kansas After the teacher has introduced basic shapes to her students, she has them build each shape out of construction paper or sticks. Read Transcript Hi, today I’m going to talk about one way that I teach shapes to...
by Educator Partner | Sep 23, 2016
This video describes children’s experience with shapes in their environment and their ability to recognize, name and describe a shape’s attributes. This video is part of a series describing children’s early mathematical development and showing how professionals...
