Lesson One – Shapes and Patterns
This curriculum topic teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to investigate, model and record how to create a range of different shapes and patterns when printing using some coloured paints.
The class can practise printing shapes and patterns to make some example wrapping paper to use for presents that can match a range of family special celebrations.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to investigate, model and record how to create a range of different shapes and patterns when printing using some coloured paints
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the repeating shapes that have been used in different patterns and a template to label a selection of wrapped presents that can be given for a range of different family celebrations.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore and record how to make different shapes and patterns when printing with coloured paints.
This lesson is part of a curriculum topic scheme of work to get the children to identify, describe and print patterns and shapes to reflect flowers that can grow in family gardens during the spring. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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