Nursery Shape Playdough Mats: Circle, Triangle, Square and Rectangle

Shape Playdough Mats: circle, triangle, square, rectangle Four landscape mats, one per shape. Children roll playdough sausages to lay along the dotted outline, then press a ball onto each corner dot. The side panel shows how many sides and corners the shape has. What’s included • Teacher guide with Development Matters links • 4 landscape shape mats: circle, triangle, square and rectangle Ideas for using it • Roll and lay: Roll long snakes and lay them on the dotted outline. • Corner counters: Press a small ball on every corner dot and count them. • Straight or round? Use straws for straight sides; can you make a circle with straws? • Shape hunt: Find something in the room that matches the mat. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds) • Talk about and explore 2D and 3D shapes (for example, circles, rectangles, triangles and cuboids) using informal and mathematical language: ‘sides’, ‘corners’; ‘straight’, ‘flat’, ‘round’. • Combine shapes to make new ones – an arch, a bigger triangle, etc. • Use one-handed tools and equipment, for example, making snips in paper with scissors. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. Supplied as an editable PowerPoint (A4 landscape) so you can adapt it for your setting, plus a ready-to-print PDF. Print, laminate and reuse all year. Short product description Children roll playdough along each shape outline and press a ball on every corner, talking about sides and corners as they build. • Teacher guide with Development Matters links • 4 landscape shape mats: circle, triangle, square and rectangle Linked to Development Matters for three and four-year-olds. Editable PowerPoint and print-ready PDF included.