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Questions and Answers
What activity can help develop children's understanding of shapes and symmetries?
What activity can help develop children's understanding of shapes and symmetries?
- Copying shapes on a dot grid (correct)
- Making Kolam patterns
- Completing figures to make squares and rectangles
- Drawing top views of things
What did Amina ask the painter to do?
What did Amina ask the painter to do?
- Draw only half of her picture (correct)
- Draw a picture of her friend
- Teach her how to draw
- Draw her picture for free
What did Anshul say about Dheeraj's drawing of a car?
What did Anshul say about Dheeraj's drawing of a car?
- It looks like a bus
- It looks like a boat
- It looks like a train
- It looks like a small box kept in a bigger one (correct)
Flashcards
Dot grid activity
Dot grid activity
Copying shapes on a dot grid helps children learn about shapes and symmetry. They can see the difference between different shapes and learn how to divide a shape into symmetrical halves.
Amina's request
Amina's request
Amina asked the painter to draw only half of her picture, expecting symmetry.
Dheeraj's drawing
Dheeraj's drawing
Anshul described Dheeraj's drawing of a car as a small box inside a bigger box, referring to how a car is a smaller shape contained within a larger shape. This demonstrates an understanding of shapes being nested within each other.
