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Space and ShapeRecognise, identify andname a square‣ The teacher provides learners with a variety of already cut- outpictures of the same objects.‣ The teacher starts a pattern and learners must copy the givenpattern e.g. picture of coffee, picture of tea, picture of sugar…• Introduce a squareKinaesthetic‣ The whole class forms a square.‣ Let the learners walk on a square made with string on thecarpet.‣ Let groups of learners form smaller squares.Pay” ,etc.LearnersString1 dayConcrete using 3-D objects‣ The teacher shows the difference between a circle and a squareby holding up a lid of a tin and a square tile.‣ The lid feels round and the tile has edges and corners.A lid of a tinA square tileSemi- concrete using 2-D shapes‣ The teacher draws around the lid and around the tile.‣ The lid represents a circle and the tile represents a square.Let the learners trace around the lid and the tile using crayons.A variety of round lids and square shaped objectsNewsprintCrayonColour• Introduce the colour orange1 day(Compare and sort)KinaestheticLet’s play a game:‣ Tippy, tippy touch, touch the colour e.g. orange. Let learnersidentify all the colours learnt up to now.Orange objectsLet the learners:‣ Recognise and identify the colour orange in learners’ clothing.‣ Recognise and identify objects in the classroom which areorange.‣ Recognise and identify objects in the environment which areorange.‣ Recognise and identify the colour orange in pictures.‣ Without seeing the article, name an article in your house that isorange. Describe it.‣ Develop the colour orange by mixing red and yellow paint.‣ Apply the mixing of colours during creative art.Develop knowledge of colours by providing card games thatinvolve colours.Pictures with orange in themYellow and red paintEgg boxes to mix paintMeasurement Length • Reinforce the concept of lengthKinaesthetic‣ Learners explore length by comparing objects with one another.‣ They identify which object is the longest and which object is theshortest.Pencils, rope, string, pegs, etcHands-span height chartSemi-concrete using 2-D shapes‣ Teacher measures learners again using the height chart from39 | P age