- Definition
Shape" refers to the different forms your child's body can make, like being curled up, stretched out, or bent at an angle. It's about how their body looks in space.
Making a star shape with your arms and legs spread wide is one kind of body shape.
How to teach this in 30 seconds
Try this analogy: Making a shape with your body is like pretending to be a statue that's tall, small, or twisty.
Ask your child: Can you make your body into a small, round shape?
Common mix-up: Kids may think 'shape' only means drawing a circle or square. In movement, a shape is any form your body can make, like being tall, wide, or twisted.
Examples
- Curling up into a small ball on the floor.
- Making a round shape by touching your fingertips together.
- Stretching up tall to make a long, straight shape.
shape is a term used in Ontario’s Kindergarten to Grade 8 curriculum.
Where this shows up
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