Getting In Shape

Cognitive and Language Development Through Games

The basic shapes were square, rectangle, triangle and circle. These shapes were painted on the grass a day before. There were 3 parts of the games:

1. The children ran to the shape when the teacher called out the specific shape eg. rectangle. Here the children tried to relate the word 'rectangle' to the recognised shape.
   
2. Hunting for shapes : The different shapes were placed around the playground and the children tried to look for the shapes. Once a child has found a shape, he will show to the teacher and tell the teacher the name of the shape.
   
3. Run into the same shape as found from the shape hunt - this game is part of the second game. Once the child has identified the correct name of the shape, the child will run to the same shape.
   

The children enjoyed the games and have no problems in recognising the different shapes.