Module 1 • School Readiness
Shape recognition The recognition of shapes, as well as their size, is very important to the school beginner. He must be able to identify shapes. He must also know which objects are far away and that it look small, because they are far away. When you look at something from a different position, it
Geometric shapes
circle
square
triangle
oval
rectangle
parallelogram
trapezoid
pentagon
hexagon
octagon
will look different, but it is still the same shape.
The recognition of shapes is an important skill for reading and spelling. The child must be able to identify numbers, words, letters, and sentences. He must also understand that although letters differ in size, they are still the same letters.
Exercises: • Make use of every possible opportunity to point out shapes to the child. The tyres of a car look round, like a circle. The front door looks rectangular. What do you see that is a triangular shape? Oval?
• Whose shoes are the biggest? Smallest? • Sort the blocks according to shapes. • Use a shape-ball where the child has to fit different shapes into the correct opening. • Play a domino game with shapes.
3.6.2 Auditory perception Auditory perception is the interpretation of information that is received through the ears and then sent to the brain. We hear with our ears but listen with our brain.
When acquiring a language, listening plays a very important role. A child with auditory problems will not be able to hear the educator correctly and she will, for example, say “ball” and the child will hear the word “call”. He can experience reading problems and spelling at a later stage because of this inability to hear words correctly – you spell as you hear. Discuss the following with the child to make him aware of the importance of hearing and listening:
DEFINITION
Auditory perception is the interpretation of information that is received through the ears and then sent to the brain. We hear with our ears but listen with our brain.
Hints to parents and educators: Give an instruction once only. Parents tend to repeat instructions a number of times before they become serious. The child learns that there is no need to listen the first time. If you ask him to come and eat and he does not respond, just put the food away. Explain that he did not come and therefore you thought that he was not hungry. He will soon learn to listen!
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