Investigating!

                                                   What do shapes do?

The children have been finding out about shapes all around them. 

In the construction area we have all sorts of boxes, containers and objects - the children were encouraged to see for themselves how shapes behaved.

The children were quick at identifying objects that rolled, and found lots of them!

They also thought the penguin would roll - he just sat there to begin with, until he was given a bit of a push, and then the children were amused to see him slide down the slope!

Indoors and outdoors we went on a shape hunt, to spot anything that would roll.

                                                              

Hoops, balls, tyres, wheels, conkers, apples, beads, Mrs Courtney's pen.... the list seemed endless!

We explore the marks we could make when wheels roll.

This threading activity was great for finding out about the bead shapes, as well as practising our fine motor skills at the same time! It also prompted lots of discussion about colours.

The marble run gained the children's attention for long periods. I'm not sure what part the pink shoe on the table played, but I guess there was a Cinderella somewhere looking for it!

Investigating joining different pieces, trying to get the structure to balance without toppling over, working out where the ball would end up, changing pieces to stop the ball getting stuck, talking about the directions the ball was travelling...were just some of the learning opportunities from this marble run.
Next week we will be putting the marble run pieces in the water tray, and investigating further!

There have been many times this week when I could almost hear the children's minds thinking things through - so much learning has been going on! Well done Little Conkers!