You can prepare games with practical materials at home or in the classroom to improve children's visual attention, part-whole relationship and spatial perception skills. This educational game, played using transparent plastic spoons and a piece of cardboard, is based on the principle of two different drawings overlapping each other to create a target shape.
Required Materials
1 Piece of Corrugated Cardboard
Transparent Plastic Spoons
Acetate Pen or Blue/Black Case Pen (Permanant)
Ruler
Preparation of the Activity and How to Play?
Preparation of the Cardboard Table: Draw columns on the cardboard with the help of a ruler. On the top row, draw the final shapes (perfect square, lined circle, dotted diamond, etc.) that will be formed when two different spoons overlap.
Drawing the Spoons: Draw the parts that make up these shapes separately on the transparent spoons. For example; Draw two diagonal corners of the square on the first spoon, and the other two diagonal corners on the second spoon.
Purpose of the Game: The child is asked to examine the target shape shown at the top of the cardboard.
Matching and Completion: The child examines the transparent spoons in his hand, finds the two correct pieces and puts them on top of each other. When two transparent spoons overlap, the target image on the cardboard is obtained and placed in the relevant column.
Gains of the Activity for Children
Visual Perception and Part-Whole Relationship: It increases the ability to visualize (analysis and synthesis) what two separate parts will turn into when combined.
Problem Solving Skill: Develops logical reasoning skills before doing trial and error. supports.
Fine Motor and Hand-Eye Coordination: Aligning transparent spoons exactly on top of each other and placing them in the right spot strengthens hand control.
Focus and Attention: Teaches you to pay attention to the details (line direction, number of dots) in the drawings.
