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Tangranimals
Fit the shapes into the outline to complete the puzzle and make the creature come to life.
At later levels some of the shapes will need rotating before they will fit.
Within the activity settings turn the guide lines off for an advanced challenge!, For smaller children with novice mouse skills the 'Sticky cursor' option allows you to click to pick up a shape and click to place it.
Discussion points
- Can you name of any of the shapes?
- Can you spot new shapes being made by putting shapes together?
- Try describing the shapes as you go.
Teaching tips:
This activity helps children understand how 2-D shapes like triangles and rectangles are not always similar to each other. It is great to use with practical 2-D shapes; let children play and explore with a selection of 2-D shapes to see what else they can build.
Stem sentence: ‘I have made a/an ____ using ________.’
Use this activity with the following 2-D shape activities:
‘Name the shapes - 2-D shapes’,
‘2-D shapes - recall’,
‘How many corners? - Basic’,
‘How many corners’ or
‘How many sides? - 2-D shapes’.
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