ACTIVITY PLAN: 0-3 Year Olds
EYLF Principles (2): Secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships; High expectations and equity.
EYLF Practices (2): Learning through play; Intentional teaching
EYLF Outcome (1): Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners
TEACHER DIRECTED CENTRE:
At the centre will be a sensory tray filled
with coloured sand and wooden blocks in
the shapes of squares, triangles and
circles.
Each child will be provided with a
laminated ‘shapes mat’ (see resources).
The teacher points to each shape on the
mat, says the shape name, and
encourages the students to do the same
e.g. this is a square, can you say square?
The teacher then holds up one of each
wooden shape from the sensory bin and
demonstrates how to match it correctly to
the shape on the shape mat e.g. I’m
holding a square, so I’m going to put it on
the outline of the square on my mat.
Shapes mat:
Explicit/Intentional Teaching CENTRE: Playdough shapes
Objective: At the centre will be playdough, rolling
pins, and cookie cutters in the shapes
1. Identify a circle, square, and triangle by pointing to of squares, triangles, and circles.
the correct shape
2. Match the wooden blocks to the correct shape on
their shapes mat
Mat Session (pre centres):
 Begin reading Paris: A book of shapes by Ashley CENTRE: Shape Printing
Evanson Children will create paintings using
 On each page, ask the sponges in the shapes of squares,
children if they can make triangles and circles dipped in different
themselves into that shape coloured paint.
using only their body e.g.
for triangle, bring both
arms together above your
head (the teacher can
demonstrate how to do
this)
 Ask the children if they can see anything around the
room that is that also that shape e.g. for circle, the
children might point to the clock
 Finish reading the book after page 6
 Bring children’s attention to each centre around the
room and demonstrate what they will be doing at
each
 Each child should choose which centre they would
like to play and move to that centre
 Mat Session (post centres):
CENTRE: Road shapes
 Begin playing the video “Shapes Songs for Children”
At the centre will be laminated ‘road
retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?
shapes’ (see resources) and a variety o
v=AnoNb2OMQ6s
toy cars/trucks.
 Encourage the children to again make themselves
into each shape as it’s introduced, reinforcing the Road shapes (repeated for circle &
names of each shape square):
 Stop the video at 3:30

Provisions for learner diversity:

Each child must match a circle, square,
Enabling: Students who struggle with the activity will be
and triangle from the sensory bin to the
given scaffolding by the classroom teacher during the
outline of that shape on their mat.
teacher directed centre. These students only need to
identify one shape by pointing and match one shape
Once the child has done is, they will be
correctly.
asked by the teacher –
 Can you point to the square?
Extending: Students who excel at the activity will be
 Can you point to the circle? encouraged by the teacher during the teacher directed
 Can you point to the triangle? activity to name objects they see around the room that
match the shapes in front of them.
The child will then be asked if they believe
they’ve matched all their shapes correctly.
If they don’t believe they have, they should
be given time to change this on their mat
e.g. Are you happy with how you’ve
matched your shapes? Do you want to
change anything?

The teacher will then take photo of the

child’s completed mat to aid in
assessment.

Assessment and Recording of Teacher Directed Task:

Objective 1: Checklist

Able to identify a circle Able to identify a square Able to identify a triangle Comments
Student name

Objective 2: Photo of students completed mat