Rising 3s Lesson Plan Pattern Sorting Game
Rising 3s Lesson Plan Pattern Sorting Game
Wild Animals
Date: Friday 19th June 2020
Activity Title: Wild Animals Pattern Sorting Game
Learning Intention: To organise and categorise the wild animals according Activity Overview:
to their patterns, e.g. putting all the elephants together; or the zebras and The children will arrange and
the lions in separate piles. organise the wild animals
according to their pattern.
Links to EYFS: Mathematics: Shape, Space and Measure
• Notices simple shapes and patterns in pictures.
• Categorises objects according to properties such as shape or size.
Main Activity:
• Set out the skin pattern templates on the table/floor alongside a box or
basket of your chosen objects (mixed together).
• Invite your child over and model how to match the wild animals to their
pattern. “Look, it’s the same pattern. They are both stripy.”
• Ask your child to continue sorting the animals alongside you. “You put the
grey elephant on the grey paper, well done for matching the colours”.
• Continue to support your child’s understanding of the activity by asking
them simple questions. “Where does the snake go?” “What colour is the
tiger?” “Can you describe the giraffe?”
Activity review:
• Celebrate when the activity is complete and praise your child for focusing and trying to join in.
• Talk about the animals that your child has been exploring today, e.g.: Where they live, eat, what they
do, etc.
Individual Activity Lesson Plan
Wild Animals
Additional ways to support your child: Extension:
Start with four skin patterns and add in extra Ask your child to count how many animals are on each
patterns later. mat.
If it is possible find other objects from around the
house that they could add to the skin pattern mats,
e.g.: a shirt, trousers, box, case, etc.