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Content Area Content Clarification / Notes / Activities / Examples Recommended ResourcesSpace and ShapeSubtractionRecognise, identify andname a circle2. Pat has 2 cats and gets another 1 cat from Busi. How manycats does Pat have altogether? 1 and 2→3 (Teacher says 1and 2 gives you 3.3. If 1 cat has 1 tail, how many tails will three cats havealtogether? 1 and 1 and 1→3• Introduce a circleCount everyday objects up to number 3.Count forwards and backwards up to 3.Number songs and rhymesApproximateDuration1 daySuggested FormalAssessmentKinaestheticLet the learners:‣ Hold hands and form a circle.‣ Walk around in the circle while singing the ‘’Mulberry bush”song.‣ Sit down in the circle and pass an object from one to the otherwhile singing “hot potato pass it on”. The learner still having theobject when the song stops must go and sit in the centre of thecircle.Concrete using 3-D objects‣ The teacher and the learners sit in a circle.‣ The teacher holds a box covered with a blanket.‣ The box contains objects that are different in shape in size.‣ Learners must touch the objects and describe and name theobject that they touch.Song, “Here we go round the Mulberry bush”.Game, ‘hot potato, pass it on”.BoxBlanket3- D objects e.g. balls, blocks, beadsRecognise, identify andname 3-D objectsConcrete 3-D using objectsThe above activity can be extended by grouping the objects that are thesame together.‣ Let learners feel all the 3-D objects that are round.3- D objects e.g. balls, blocks, beads1 day24 | P age