Curiosity is the one of the most important attributes that you can want for a child. Today was an example of where young children in reception were curious to ‘play’ with the resources I brought with me – footballs from TTS . Yes the first interest of some children was to take the football outside and kick the ball, but whilst standing for the photograph curiosity ‘kicked in’ just looking at the football they held and prompted them to explore and ask questions.
How many black ‘spots’ are there on the ball?
What shape are the black marks on the ball, as they ran a finger along the outline of the shape?
Their questions were developed by the class teacher and the children learnt a new word Pentagon. Memorable moments which can be developed further to recognising the shape in other circumstances, defining other shapes starting from the football – a Hexagon, Sphere. All part of their learning of Geometry and Spacial reasoning.
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