Category 1 Bronze award
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Title :Fun World of Geometry
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Subject :Maths
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Authors :Mirjana Radovanović, Milena Radovanović, Milja Radovanović
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Publisher :
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Country :Serbia
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Evaluation :
- Attractive, colourful and age appropriate set of workbooks that introduces basic of geometry to young children in a playful and interactive way.
- As the title of the set indicates, the set aims to make learning fun - and it succeeds. There are many different activities inviting children to draw, connect, colour, cut, match shapes, puzzles... that suit a variety of learning styles and approaches.
- The overall format, design and layout are clean, simple and modern, not too crowded and with high production standards.
- These are very relevant materials for the development of children's figurative thinking and motor skills.
- The tasks are easy at the beginning but get more complicated step by step through the whole study set.
- The names of geometric shapes are successfully introduced to children.
- It is good idea to give examples that young children have to follow.
- There are some tasks for pair work (p 39 Oblitsa) and for the development of creativity (p 9 Slagalitse).
- The material fills an important gap by preparing preschool children not only for the use of numbers but also for geometry.
- Transferability is one of the strongest features of this material as it does more than prepare children for geometry: spatial awareness is an important life skill, just as playing with lines helps to develop graphomotorics skills for writing.
- Other than spatial awareness, it also helps to develop perception and observation skills.
- A good variety of exercises keeps the material interesting.
- There is a very good progression from simple to more complex tasks, exercises gradually building on each other.