Let's count the shapes!

Date: 13 April, 2022; Wednesday
Facilitators: Auindrilla and Priyanka
Participants: Dhriti, Dhriya, Hredhaan, Maryam, Rishit, Samaira, Samar, Sharlav, Shivaansh D, Shivaansh M, Yuvaan B, Yuvaan M
Materials used: Shapes worksheets, flashcards, paper cutouts of different shapes and numbers, gluesticks
Tags: Number sense, shapes exploration, creativity, fine motor skills, problem solving, counting, focus and attention, following instructions

Setup and Objective

There were two tables with two educators and each of the educator had a tray with themselves which consisted of the shapes worksheets, paper cutouts of different shapes and numbers which were kept in different bowls with flags of various shapes and flashcards.

The objective of this activity was for the children to develop and strengthen their number sense, counting skills and explore different shapes.

How it happened

All the children came to the table by themselves and waited for the activity to begin. Initially, the bowls containing the paper cutouts were kept in the middle of the table and the children explored the different shapes and also counted them. Then they took the worksheets from the educators. After that, they were shown the flashcards and were asked what they observed. The children counted the shapes on the flashcards and took that many number of cutouts to stick on the worksheet. All the children seemed very engaged and enjoyed the activity. After the activity was over, the children helped to cleanup.