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Content Area Content Clarification / Notes / Activities / Examples Recommended ResourcesApproximateDurationSuggested FormalAssessmentSpace and ShapeRecognise, identify andname a circle‣ Find a friend in the class who has the same house number asyou.• Reinforce the circleKinaestheticLet the learners:‣ Make a circle using their fingers.‣ Make a circle using both hands.‣ Sit on a carpet, forming a circle while holding hands.‣ Walk on a big circle, made with string, on the carpet.LearnersString1 dayDevelop the concept of“big and small”Concrete using 3-D objectsLet the learners:‣ Find round objects in the classroom.• Introduce the concept of ‘’big and small”Kinaesthetic‣ Learners experience the concept big and small by curling theirbodies to make themselves as small as possible and thenstretching out as much as possible.Soccer ball, tennis ball, golf ball, apple, orange, hoolahoops,etcLearners1 dayConcrete using 3-D objects‣ Make big and small balls with play-dough.‣ Collect and sort big and small objects into groups.‣ Find big and small objects in the classroom.Play-doughBig and small objectsSemi – concrete using 2-D shapesApply the concept ‘big and small’ during art activities by:Looking for pictures of big and small objects and cutting them out.Magazines, newspaper, advertisements, scissorsColour(Compare and sort)• Introduce the colour green‣ Identify objects in the environment which are green.‣ Identify learners who are wearing green clothes.‣ Teacher poses the problem that she has no green paint. Sheasks the learners how they will get hold of green paint, whenthey need to paint the grass on their pictures.‣ Allow learners to come up with solutions and then explain tothem how they can make their own green paint.Leaves, plants, etcEgg boxes to mix paintBlue and yellow paint1 dayWEEK 13:Suggested contact time:7 hours per weekOne teacher-directed planned class activity (ring) of ± 30 minutes per day (± 5 Mathematics activities per week)30 | P age