7 lesson cards, each followed by its sheet. Print the lot, or choose pages in the print dialog.
A Shape in its Place
Telling shapes apart
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Draw a circle, a square, a triangle and a star in the air together, naming each one and counting its corners.
On the projector
The class names each shape as it drifts by, and a helper sorts it. Ask "How do you know?" for one shape each turn.
Open it with /play/a-shape-in-its-place/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
A shape walk around the room: each child finds one circle, one square and one triangle and draws it.
Questions to ask
How many corners does this shape have?
Is this one round, or pointy?
Where have you seen a shape like this at home?
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A Shape in its Place
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: Cut out the shapes and put each one in its patch. Colour them in: all the circles one colour, all the squares another.
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A Match for the Patch
Finding two colours that are the same
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Hold up a coloured object and have children point to something in the room that's the same colour.
On the projector
Children take turns to flip two patches while the class remembers where each colour was. Each colour has its own pattern too.
Open it with /play/a-match-for-the-patch/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Sock pairs: a basket of odd socks or colour cards for small groups to match up.
Questions to ask
Which one is the same as this one?
How do you know they match?
Can you remember where you saw that colour?
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A Match for the Patch
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: Draw a line from each patch on the left to the one that matches on the right. Then colour each pair the same colour.
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Pelican's Patterns
Patterns: spotting what repeats, and working out what comes next
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Clap, clap, stamp. Clap, clap, stamp. What comes next? Make body patterns together.
On the projector
Read the pattern aloud together, then vote on what comes next before a helper taps it.
Open it with /play/pelicans-patterns/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Pattern train: each child makes a repeating pattern with blocks or beads and swaps with a partner to continue.
Questions to ask
Can you say the pattern out loud?
Which part keeps repeating?
What would come after that one?
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Pelican's Patterns
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: Say each pattern out loud: "circle, square, circle, square…". Draw the next two shapes in the empty boxes. Colour them in if you like.
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Whipbird's Whistle
Copying a rhythm: a long whistle, a short crack, played back in order
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Echo clapping: clap a short rhythm (long, short, short) and have the class clap it back. Keep it to three or four claps.
On the projector
The class says each call out loud as it plays, "looong, short, short", then a helper taps it back. Let the class vote before each tap.
Open it with /play/whipbirds-whistle/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Rhythm cards: small groups play the songs on the game's sheet with claps and a long "whooo", then each child draws a song for their group to play.
Questions to ask
Was that one long or short?
How many claps were in my song?
Can you make a song with two long ones and one short one?
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Whipbird's Whistle
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: A long bar is a long whistle (or a long "whooo"); a dot is a short clap. Point along each song and play it together, left to right. Then take turns: one of you plays a song and the other points to it. Last, draw your own song and play it for someone.
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Cockatoo's Loud and Soft
Listening for loud and soft, fast and slow
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Play a drum or clap: children stand tall for loud and crouch low for soft, then walk fast or slow to the beat.
On the projector
Put the game on the board. The class shows the answer with their bodies (tall for loud, low for soft, running on the spot for fast, slow steps for slow) before a helper taps.
Open it with /play/cockatoos-loud-and-soft/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Colour in the Bush Band sheet in pairs, then perform each song for the class: once loud, once soft, once fast, once slow.
Questions to ask
Was that loud or soft? How could you tell?
What's something that makes a soft sound in our house?
Can you clap fast? Now slow?
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Cockatoo's Loud and Soft
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: Colour in some squares to make a song: each row is an animal, each column a beat. Then play it! Clap, stamp, tap a pot or make the animal's sound on each coloured square, counting 1, 2, 3, 4. Play it again loud, then soft, then fast, then slow: cut out the four cards at the bottom and take turns picking one.
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Gecko's Mirror
Symmetry: finish the other half so both sides match
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Mirror me: pairs face each other; one moves slowly, the other copies like a mirror. Swap.
On the projector
Put a picture on the board. Children point to where the next square goes on the other side, and a helper taps it. Count the squares from the line together.
Open it with /play/geckos-mirror/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Fold-and-paint butterflies, then the Gecko's Mirror sheet: colour the missing half of each picture.
Questions to ask
Which side was already drawn? How did you know where to tap?
Can you find something at home where both sides match?
Is your face the same on both sides?
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Gecko's Mirror
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: Colour the squares on the right of each dashed line so both sides match, as if in a mirror. Count across from the line: one square away on this side, one square away on that side. Then draw half a picture of your own in the big box and swap with someone to finish it.
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Ibis's Big Tidy-Up
Sorting by two things at once: colour and shape, size and shape
Warm-up, 5 minutes
Stand up if: you're wearing blue; now if you're wearing blue AND have a jumper on. Try a few.
On the projector
Put two hoops on the floor that overlap. One for orange things, one for round things. Where does an orange ball go? Then play a level on the board together, children calling out the box.
Open it with /play/ibiss-big-tidy-up/?projector: the class plays together, you press Next after each win, and nothing is saved.
Away from the screen
Sort a tub of mixed blocks in small groups, then the Ibis's Tidy-Up sheet: colour the blocks, cut them out and tidy each into its box.
Questions to ask
How did you know which box it went in?
Could it go in two boxes? Why not?
Can you think of another way to sort them?
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Ibis's Big Tidy-Up
Name: ______________________
For the grown-up: Point to each box and read its name together: big circles, small circles, big triangles, small triangles. Colour the blocks at the bottom (some orange, some blue), cut them out, and put each one in its box. Then mix them up and sort them a new way: all the orange together, all the blue together.
