Building Experiences

Workshop Programme

Early Years Learning

Shape, Size, Space and Me

Introduction:

This Workshop has been designed for young learners of pre-school and Key Stage 1 age. It consists of a number of related activities that allow the participants to explore shape, size and space.
These are basic elements of our built environment. The Workshop explores perception and our need to enclose space.
It involves hands-on making and personal evaluation with regard to space and the individual. It is designed to cater for groups of up to 10 participants.

The Workshop:

Time: 1 Hour
Space Required: A classroom or hall

Sequence of activities:

1. Handling of a number of familiar shapes: square, triangle, circle, semi-circle and rectangle - with different textures. Verbal recognition, responses / reactions to likes / dislikes.
   

2. Relating shapes to everyday familiar objects through pictures.
   

3. Crocodile walk around a part of the school – where can we see these shapes?
   

4. Cut and Slot – using the same shapes the children create their own hat – ‘A roof over my head’.
   

5. An outline of a child horizontal and the group standing is created on paper which allows him/her/them to consider - How much space to enclose me / us?
   

6. An enclosure is created from large examples of shapes already encountered. It is big enough to contain the whole group and to allow them to experience the space.
   

7. Light and colour is used to explore their space - how can we change the experience of the space?

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