形状变变变，从平面到立体，玩转2D&3D图形大冒险 I Shapes Exploration

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翻开趣味满满的英文绘本，“Mouse Shapes 形状小老鼠”, “Square 正方形”,“When I Build with Blocks 我用积木搭一搭”, “Circle, Square, Moose 圆形、正方形、驼鹿”等经典图形绘本一一亮相，外教老师用富有感染力的语调，带着孩子们走进奇妙的形状王国。没有刻板的知识讲解，而是通过绘本里生动的画面、有趣的情节，让圆形、方形、三角形等2D平面形状慢慢走进孩子的视野。

老师指着绘本里的方形积木、圆形蛋糕、三角形屋顶，引导孩子们观察形状特征，跟着绘本跟读形状英文单词。孩子们睁着好奇的大眼睛，跟着老师一起指认、跟读，时不时兴奋地喊出“Circle（圆形）！”“Square（正方形）！”。在轻松的绘本阅读氛围里，孩子们不仅认识了基础的2D图形，更对图形产生了满满的探索欲，为后续走进3D立体图形打下了基础。

EYFS领域赋能：

• 读写（Literacy）：通过绘本画面与图形单词的对应，建立视觉形象与语言符号的连接，积累早期读写感性经验，培养阅读兴趣与图文理解能力。

• 沟通与语言（Communication and Language）：在倾听绘本、跟读单词、指认形状的过程中，提升孩子的英文听力理解、口语表达能力，敢于主动开口说出形状名称，锻炼社交沟通与语言表达自信。

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告别单一的绘画形式，海星班的孩子们开启了“Circle Art--会变的圆形艺术”创作之旅。一张白纸、几支彩笔，在孩子们的手中，简单的圆形瞬间拥有了百变模样。

有的孩子给圆形添上盖子和壶嘴，变成了可爱的小茶壶；有的孩子把多个圆形叠加，画出了五彩的气球；还有的孩子用圆形搭配线条，创作了圆圆的太阳、圆圆的西瓜等等。没有固定的创作模板，每个孩子都尽情发挥想象力，用自己的方式诠释圆形的无限可能。老师在一旁耐心引导，鼓励孩子们大胆用色、自由创作，让每一幅作品都充满童真与创意，在艺术创作中加深对2D圆形的认知。

EYFS领域赋能：

• 表现性艺术与设计（Expressive Art and Design）：自由发挥艺术创意，通过绘画、色彩搭配表达对圆形的理解，提升艺术审美、动手创造能力，激发想象力与艺术表达欲。

• 身体发展（Physical Development）：握笔、涂色、绘画的过程，锻炼手部小肌肉灵活性、手眼协调能力，培养精细动作控制能力，为后续书写与精细操作奠定基础。

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认识了基础的2D形状，孩子们迎来了趣味满满的手工拼图环节。老师提前准备好彩色卡纸，引导孩子们亲手剪出圆形、方形、三角形、长方形等不同形状，再用这些零散的形状碎片，拼贴出属于自己的创意作品。

课堂上瞬间热闹起来，剪刀在小手中灵活穿梭，形状卡片被重新组合，一个个充满想象力的作品诞生了！“What did you make？（你做了什么呀？）”面对老师的提问，孩子们兴奋地分享：James大声说“Monster（小怪兽）！”，他用三角形做怪兽的尖角，方形做怪兽的身体；Woody骄傲地展示“A rocket（火箭）！”，圆形、长方形组合成了直冲云霄的火箭；Hanyuan开心地介绍“House（房子）”，方形做墙面，三角形做屋顶，温馨的小房子栩栩如生。在剪一剪、拼一拼、说一说的过程中，孩子们彻底玩转2D形状，动手能力与表达能力同步提升。

EYFS领域赋能：

• 表现性艺术与设计（Expressive Art and Design）：自主裁剪、拼贴形状，发挥创意组合图形，培养艺术创造与审美感知能力，学会用手工形式表达自己的想法。

• 数学（Mathematics）：在裁剪、拼贴形状的过程中，感知不同2D图形的特征、大小与组合规律，初步建立空间认知与图形逻辑思维。

• 身体发展（Physical Development）：使用剪刀、粘贴卡片的动作，精准锻炼手部精细动作与手眼协调性，提升小肌肉控制能力。

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从2D平面走向3D立体，孩子们的探索迎来新升级！老师拿出正方体、长方体、球体、圆柱体等各类3D立体积木，让孩子们直观观察立体图形与平面图形的区别，触摸感受立体图形的棱角、曲面特征。

随后，孩子们分成小组，开启3D形状塔楼搭建挑战，大家齐心协力，用不同的3D立体积木搭建属于自己小组的塔楼。有的小组用长方体做底座，保证塔楼稳固；有的小组叠加圆柱体、正方体，让塔楼层层升高；还有的小组搭配拱形积木做装饰，让塔楼更有特色。孩子们互相配合、不断尝试，小心翼翼地调整积木位置，比拼谁的塔楼搭得最高、最稳固。在搭建过程中，孩子们真切感受到3D图形的空间结构，体验合作与探索的快乐。

EYFS领域赋能：

• 数学（Mathematics）：认识各类3D立体图形特征，感知空间结构、平衡与高度的关系，培养空间想象力、数感与逻辑思维能力。

• 身体发展（Physical Development）：搬运、堆叠积木的动作，锻炼大肌肉力量与肢体协调性，在小组搭建中提升身体控制与协作能力。

• 理解世界（Understanding the World）：了解3D立体图形的实际应用，学习团队合作与分工，懂得在尝试中解决问题，感受建构游戏的乐趣。

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语言表达环节，孩子们化身小小表达家，勇敢说出自己心中最爱的形状。老师引导孩子们用英文句式分享：“I like（我喜欢）…” “My favorite shapes（我最喜欢的形状）…”，孩子们踊跃举手，用稚嫩的声音说出自己喜欢的圆形、方形、三角形，或是正方体、圆柱体等立体图形，还会简单说说喜欢的理由。

有的孩子说“I like circle, it’s like a ball.（我喜欢圆形，它像一个小球。）”，有的孩子说“My favorite shape is square, it’s a block.（我最喜欢的形状是正方形，它是一块积木。）”，还有的孩子结合自己的拼图、搭建作品，介绍喜欢的形状。在轻松的表达氛围里，孩子们不仅熟练掌握了各类形状的英文单词，更学会了完整表达自己的喜好，语言表达的自信心越来越强。

EYFS领域赋能：

• 沟通与语言（Communication and Language）：运用固定句式表达想法，拓展英文词汇量，提升语言组织、逻辑表达与主动交流能力，敢于在集体面前大胆展示自我。

• 读写（Literacy）：通过口语表达练习，巩固形状相关英文词汇，加深语言符号与实物的关联，为早期英文读写积累经验。

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为了让形状探索延伸到生活中，海星班特别发起家校联动活动，邀请孩子们从家里带来一个自己找到的2D或者3D形状。孩子们带着满满的期待回家，和爸爸妈妈一起寻找生活中的形状：有的带来了圆形的盘子和小轮子、方形的饼干盒，有的带来了正方体的积木、圆柱体的包装盒，还有的带来了心形的小架子、球体的兵乓球……

课堂上，孩子们纷纷展示自己带来的形状物品，和小伙伴们分享自己的发现。通过家校联动，孩子们发现原来形状无处不在，生活中处处藏着数学奥秘，不仅巩固了课堂所学的图形知识，更让学习从课堂延伸到家庭，让家长也参与到孩子的成长探索中，形成家校共育的良好氛围。

EYFS领域赋能：

• 理解世界（Understanding the World）：发现生活中的形状元素，感知图形与生活的紧密联系，学会观察身边事物，提升探索世界、认知生活的能力。

• 沟通与语言（Communication and Language）：与家人、同伴分享自己找到的形状物品，锻炼语言表达与分享交流能力，增进亲子互动与同伴情谊。

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The adventure began by turning the pages of delightful English picture books. Classics such as 'Mouse Shapes', 'Square', 'When I Build with Blocks' and 'Circle, Square, Moose' take center stage. Our foreign teacher Eric, with infectious enthusiasm, guided the children into the wondrous realm of shapes. Rather than rigid lectures, the vivid illustrations and engaging stories in the books gradually introduce 2D shapes - such as circles, squares and triangles - into the children's world.

Pointing to square building blocks, round cakes and triangular roofs in the books, the teacher guided the children to observe the characteristics of each shape and repeat the English words aloud. With wide, curious eyes, the children joined the teacher in pointing out and repeating the words, occasionally shouting "Circle!" and "Square!" with excitement. In this relaxed picture book reading atmosphere, the children not only learned about basic 2D shapes but also developed a keen curiosity to explore them further, laying the foundation for their future exploration of 3D shapes.

EYFS Areas Supported:

• Communication and Language: Through listening to the picture book, repeating the words and identifying shapes, children's English listening comprehension and oral expression skills are enhanced. They gain the confidence to actively speak out the names of shapes, thereby developing social communication and linguistic self-assurance.

• Literacy: By matching the illustrations in the picture book with the corresponding shape words, children establish connections between visual images and linguistic symbols, accumulating early intuitive literacy experiences whilst fostering a love of reading and the ability to understand text and images.

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Moving beyond simple drawing, the children in the Starfish Class embarked on a creative journey with “Circle Art – The Art of the Transformative Circle”. With a sheet of white paper and a few coloured pencils, simple circles instantly take on a myriad of forms in the children's hands.

Some children add a lid and a spout to their circles, transforming them into adorable little teapots; others stack multiple circles to draw colourful balloons; and still others combine circles with lines to create round suns, round watermelons and more. With no set templates, every child gave free rein to their imagination, interpreting the infinite possibilities of the circle in their own unique way. The teacher patiently guided them from the sidelines, encouraging the children to use colour boldly and create freely, ensuring that every piece was brimming with childlike innocence and creativity, whilst deepening their understanding of two-dimensional circles through artistic creation.

EYFS Areas Supported:

• Expressive Art and Design: Children freely express artistic creativity, using drawing and colour combinations to convey their understanding of circles, enhancing artistic appreciation and hands-on creative skills, whilst stimulating imagination and the desire for artistic expression.

• Physical Development: The process of holding a pencil, colouring and drawing exercises the flexibility of the small hand muscles and hand-eye coordination, cultivating fine motor control necessary for future writing.

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Having learned about basic 2D shapes, the children moved on to a fun-filled craft puzzle activity. The teacher prepared coloured card in advance and guided the children to cut out different shapes such as circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. They then used these individual shape pieces to create their own unique collages.

The classroom instantly came alive as scissors darted nimbly through little hands and the shape pieces were rearranged, giving birth to one imaginative creation after another! When asked by the teacher,"What did you make?", the children shared their work with excitement:

James shouted, "Monster!", using triangles for horns and squares for the body;

Woody proudly displayed "A rocket!", combining circles and rectangles to create a rocket soaring towards the sky;

Hanyuan happily introduced "A house.", using squares for the walls and triangles for the roof, bringing a cosy little house to life.

Through the process of cutting, assembling and describing, the children fully explored 2D shapes, simultaneously enhancing their practical skills and expressive abilities.

EYFS Areas Supported:

• Expressive Art and Design: By independently cutting out and collaging shapes, children exercise their creativity in combining forms, cultivating artistic creativity and aesthetic perception, and learning to express their ideas through craft.

• Mathematics: Children perceive the characteristics, sizes and patterns of different 2D shapes, laying the foundations for spatial awareness and logical thinking about shapes.

• Physical Development: Using scissors and sticking cards precisely exercise fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

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Moving from 2D to 3D, the children's exploration takes a new step forward! The teacher introduces various 3D building blocks—including cubes, rectangular prisms, spheres and cylinders—allowing the children to observe the differences between three-dimensional and two-dimensional shapes first-hand, and to touch and feel the edges and curved surfaces of the 3D shapes.

The children then split into groups to take on the challenge of building 3D shape towers. Working together, they use different 3D blocks to construct their own group's tower. Some groups used rectangular prisms as a base to ensure stability; others stacked cylinders and cubes to build the tower layer by layer; whilst some incorporated arched blocks as decorative elements to give their tower a unique touch. The children worked together, experimenting and carefully adjusting the position of the blocks, competing to see whose tower was the tallest and most stable. Throughout the building process, the children gained a tangible understanding of the spatial structures of 3D shapes, whilst experiencing the joy of cooperation and exploration.

EYFS Areas Supported:

• Mathematics: Recognizing the characteristics of various 3D shapes, perceiving spatial structures and the relationships between balance and height, and developing spatial imagination, number sense and logical thinking skills.

• Physical Development: Carrying and stacking blocks help develop gross motor skills and physical coordination, whilst group building enhances body control and collaborative abilities.

• Understanding the World: Children learn about the practical applications of 3D shapes, practise teamwork and division of labor, learn to solve problems through trial and error, and experience the joy of construction play.

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During the language expression session, the children became little communicators, bravely sharing their favourite shapes. The teacher guided them to use English phrases such as "I like…" and "My favourite shapes…". The children eagerly raised their hands and, in their childlike voices, named their favourite shapes - such as circles, squares, triangles, or three-dimensional shapes like cubes and cylinders— - and even briefly explained why they liked them.

One child said, "I like circles; they're like balls." Another said, "My favourite shape is a square; it's a block." Still others introduced their favourite shapes by referring to their own jigsaw puzzles or building creations. In this relaxed atmosphere, the children not only mastered the English words for various shapes but also learnt to express their preferences coherently, gaining increasing confidence in their language skills.

EYFS Areas Supported:

• Communication and Language: Using set phrases to express ideas, expanding English vocabulary, and enhancing language organization, logical expression and proactive communication skills, whilst encouraging children to express themselves confidently in front of a group.

• Literacy: Oral expression exercises, consolidate shape-related vocabulary, deepen the connection between words and real objects, and build a foundation for early literacy.

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To extend the exploration of shapes into daily life, the Starfish Class launched a special home-school collaboration activity, inviting children to bring in a 2D or 3D shape they had found at home. The children returned home full of anticipation, joining their parents in searching for shapes in everyday life: some brought round plates and small wheels, square biscuit tins; others brought cubic building blocks, cylindrical packaging boxes; and still others brought heart-shaped little stands, spherical table tennis balls.

In class, the children eagerly displayed the shape-related items they had brought and shared their discoveries with their classmates. Through this home-school collaboration, the children realized that shapes are everywhere and that mathematical mysteries are hidden in all aspects of daily life. This not only reinforced the geometric knowledge they had learned in class but also extended their learning from the classroom into the home, involving parents in their children's exploratory growth and fostering a positive atmosphere of shared home-school education.

EYFS Areas Supported:

• Understanding the World: Discovering shape elements in daily life helps children recognize the close connection between shapes and everyday existence, enhancing their ability to explore the world around them.

• Communication and Language: Sharing objects found at home with peers, practices verbal expression and communication skills, and strengthening parent-child interaction and friendships with peers.