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ContinuedSpace and ShapeMake and complete ownpuzzle (5 pieces)Semi-concrete using 2-D shapesLet the learners:‣ Show learners the flash card with six dots and link it to the samenumber of counters.‣ Play games identifying a specific number symbol amongstothers and link it with the same number of counters.‣ Play games identifying a specific number name amongst othersand link it with the same number of counters.‣ Play games by linking the number of counters with the numbername, the number symbol and the picture cards.‣ Trace the number 6 with a crayon.Let the learners:‣ Draw a picture on an A4 paper.‣ The teacher draws the lines on the back of the learner’sdrawing.‣ The learner cuts his/her picture on the given lines.‣ The learner completes his/her own puzzle.Objects or countersFlash card with number symbol and number namee.g.Pictureof 6objects6 sixCrayonsA4 paperCrayonsScissorsEnvelope or self-made bag to place puzzle in (fold A4paper and glue sides)Continued1 dayDistinguish between“bigger and “smaller.”Understand that thecollecting and sorting ofobjects can eventually berepresented in a graph.Compare “shortest andtallest “.Estimate the length ofdifferent objectsDevelop the concept of“bigger and smaller”• Reinforce the concept of “bigger and smaller”KinaestheticLet the learners:‣ Make their bodies big by stretching their arms above their head.‣ Make bodies small by bending down and curling up.‣ Determine whether a dog is bigger than a mouse.Picture of a mouse and a dog (ensure that the pictureof the dog is bigger than the picture of the mouse)Concrete using 3-D objectsAlways present at least two objects for comparison.‣ Compare different sizes of the same type of block, balls, plates,buttons, table, chair etc. and determine which objects are“big/small, bigger/smaller” and” biggest/smallest”.‣ Build constructions with the building blocks and learnerscompare whose construction is the biggest and whose is thesmallest.Semi-concrete using 2-D shapes‣ Compare pictures illustrating the concepts of big/small andbigger/smaller.‣ Apply the concept of ‘big/small” during creative art.Objects in the classroom such as blocks, balls, plates,buttons, beads, sticks, pegs, matchboxes, tins,pebbles, corks, shells, bottle tops, etc.Pictures illustrating big/small57 | P age