A practice set designed to encourage recognition of simple geometrical shapes: square, rectangle, triangle and circle.

Skills developed

Recognising and naming simple geometrical shapes: square, rectangle, triangle, disc (circle). Identifying a shapes orientation. Identifying and comparing lengths, and finding equivalents. Reproducing assemblages while taking into account the pieces shape, colour and orientation.

Children reproduce or create semi-figurative models with magnetic pieces in a variety of different shapes and colours. Children can work in pairs. For 2, 4 or 6 extra children, just get 1, 2 or 3 Extension Pack.

The activity cards are divided into 6 sets of increasing difficulty. Sets 1 and 2: individual shapes shown as solids. Sets 3 and 4: individual shapes shown hollow. Sets 5 and 6: individual or assembled shapes shown as solids.

Technical specifications

The box contains: 12 double-sided activity cards (30 x 21 cm) grouped into 6 sets, 40 magnetic shape counters in 5 different shapes and 4 different colours, and 1 teacher’s leaflet