Early Childhood Education: Identifying Geometry Shapes Activity

This practical assignment outlines a STEAM activity designed for early childhood education, focusing on geometry shapes identification. The activity aims to help children recognize and describe the features of fundamental mathematical geometry, starting with 2D shapes like squares, circles, rectangles, ovals, hexagons, and triangles, and progressing to 3D shapes. The teaching purpose emphasizes hands-on activities that combine movement and playtime, crucial for young children's development of gross motor skills, language use, thinking, and social skills. The activity involves children preparing basic geometrical shapes at home with their guardians and then participating in a class activity where they identify and differentiate the shapes. Teacher preparation includes documenting children’s capabilities, gathering materials like craft paper shapes and a computer with images, and ensuring adequate assistance. The activity leverages ICT by using software like Picasa to display images and requires teachers with a bachelor’s degree in early child development, passion for teaching, understanding of individual differences, and patience.

Running Head: EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 0
Early Childhood Education
Teaching activities
(student Details:)
9/7/2018

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CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Curriculum: Early Childhood Education
Outcome: Children will be able to Recognize and describe the features of fundamental
mathematical geometry.
Point: Encourage children to create geometry shapes as they draw on paper by identifying
them
Sub point: when children acquire knowledge about 2-D shapes, add 3-D shapes in the
activity to increase involvedness and prolong the learning.
TEACHING PURPOSE
As per the fact that young children acquire best through their young minds, so they
require many hands-on activities those combine movement and playtime. As they, experience
intense development occurring in their gross motor skills, as well as language using, thinking,
and social skills. Therefore, we early childhood teachers have an essential role in assisting
children in developing outlines of learning and behaviour that will be attached to them
throughout their lives (Teach Make a Difference, 2018). By doing this STEAM (referred as
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) activity of ‘creative investigation in early
mathematics’, we will try to enhance their identification and logical skills.
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
Activity Name: Pre-school Geometry shapes identification
For this activity, children need to prepare basics of geometrical shapes of mathematics at
home with the help of their guardians. This is an early childhood math activity, which will
teach geometry and three-dimensional sense (Gryphon House, 2018).
 Children will recognize and describe the main features of a square, circle, rectangle,
oval, hexagon, and triangle in Two-dimensions initially.
 After that, children will identify how these shapes are alike and different.
 As an extension, when the children will get familiar with 2-D shapes, then we will
add 3-D shapes to the activity to increase involvedness and prolong the learning.

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Audience for this teaching note is pre-schools children parents and teachers (Masters in
Education, 2012).
Activity Steps:
 Introduce all the shapes, which you have not discussed earlier among the children.
Initially discuss all the names and attributes of the geometric shapes. Form children
groups to play the activity, so that they will socialise with each other.
 Give instructions to the children twice or thrice if necessary about what you will be
going to do and what you are expecting from them.
 Model questions that you may ask from them like: How many sides do the shape is
having? Is the shape rectangle? Does the shape have two sides that look alike?
 Now, the child who named the right shape will have to choose a shape from bag the
questioning round will continue.
 Simultaneously collect the appropriately recognized shapes so that the children will
stay motivated for each new shape drawn out.
TEACHER PREPARATION
Documentation:
Prepare subjective notes on the children’s capabilities to recognize the diverse two-
dimensional shapes and their capabilities to define the features of all shapes (Teach Make a
Difference, 2018).
Materials:
 Computer or Laptop system loaded with internet and storage of images of all 2-D
geometry shapes.
 Craft paper or cardstock squares, circles, rectangles, hexagons, ovals, and triangles in
numerous sizes.
 A Bag to keep the shape cut-outs
 Along a class-teacher, one computer assistant and one other assistant will be needed
to execute activity effectively (Concordia University, 2013).
ICT REQUIREMENTS
Children are to be involved both physically and psychologically for optimum learning
experience.

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Desired skills in a Teacher:
 Bachelor’s degree in early child development
 Passionate about early childhood teaching
 Understanding that all children are different
 Sense of humour and patience (Concordia University, 2013).
To use and show different pictures in front of children through computer system, we will
use ‘Picasa’ Software in our computer system.
REFERENCES
Concordia University. (2013, 10 23). 7 Invaluable Qualities Teachers Can Learn and Earn.
Retrieved from Concordia University: https://online.csp.edu/blog/education/7-
invaluable-qualities-teachers-can-learn-and-earn
Gryphon House. (2018). Activity Quick Finder:. Retrieved from Gryphon House:
https://www.gryphonhouse.com/activities
Masters in Education. (2012). Masters in Education. Retrieved from Teaching Early
Childhood Education: http://www.masters-education.com/teaching-early-childhood-
education/
Teach Make a Difference. (2018). Early Childhood Education. Retrieved from Teach Make a
Difference: https://teach.com/become/where-can-i-teach/grade-levels/early-childhood/