Snowman Shapes
This art and design teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to select and use a range of 3D shapes and different materials to design and make a Christmas decorative character of a snowman.
The class can explain how to identify cube shapes by their matching square faces and number of sides and suggest where example cubes might be seen at home and in school.
Download this teaching pack including display posters, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to select and use a range of 3D shapes and different materials to design and make a Christmas decorative character of a snowman
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the different shapes and materials that can be used to make a snowman and a worksheet to make a model of a snowman decoration using cubes and a range of festive materials.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to use 3D shapes and different materials to design and make Christmas decorative characters.
This lesson is part of a art and design scheme of work to get the children to practise combining different shapes and materials to make a range of decorations to display in a family home at Christmas. 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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