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Playground Shapes Design

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Playground Shapes Design

Playground Shapes Design

Playground with geometric shapes

🔍 Part 1: Shape Identification

1. Circle the shapes you can see in a playground:

Circle (Porowhita)

Square (Tapawhā rite)

Rectangle (Tapawhā)

Triangle

2. How many sides does a square have?

2 sides

3 sides

4 sides

5 sides

3. Which shape is round?

Square

Rectangle

Circle

Triangle

🎨 Part 2: Design Your Playground

4. Draw your dream playground using shapes. Include at least one circle, one square, and one rectangle:
5. Label the shapes in your playground drawing. Write the shape names next to each part:

🔄 Part 3: Symmetry and Balance

6. Draw a symmetrical (balanced) playground. Make both sides the same:
7. Fill in the blanks about symmetry:

When something is symmetrical, both sides are the ________. In te reo Māori, we say ________ for balanced or the same.

8. Which playground equipment could be symmetrical?

Swings

See-saw

Slide with steps on both sides

Merry-go-round

🏗️ Part 4: Playground Planning

9. Match the playground equipment with the best shape:
1. Merry-go-round
2. Slide base
3. Sandbox
4. Climbing frame
A. Rectangle
B. Circle
C. Square
D. Rectangle
10. Explain why you chose those shapes for each piece of equipment:
11. What makes a playground fun and safe? Use shape words in your answer:

📝 Part 5: Vocabulary Practice

12. Complete the sentences using these words: circle, square, rectangle, corners, sides

A __________ has 4 equal sides and 4 __________.

A __________ is round and has no __________ or corners.

A __________ has 4 sides but they are not all the same length.

13. Draw and label one example of each shape you might find in a playground:

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