Exploring Dimensions:
Exploring dimension is a basic division of Visual sense.
In these exercises child can differentiate between objects which have similar shapes and color but different in
length, width, height and thickness. Below are the few exercises:
1. The Cylinder Blocks
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2. The Pink Tower
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3. The Broad Stairs
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4. The Long Rods
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5. The knob less Cylinders
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The Cylinder Blocks:
Materials:
Four finely polished wooden blocks each
having ten cylinders. Cylinders have knob to hold.
Block
1 Cylinders
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Block
2 Cylinders
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Block
3 Cylinders
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Block
4 Cylinders
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Vary in height, length and diameter, 5.5cm to 1cm
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Vary in height, length and diameter by 1/2cm(5.5cm to 1cm)
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Same height of 5.5cm
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Same diameter of 2.5 or 3 cm
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Largest one is tallest and thickest
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Height increases by 0.5cm(from 1cm to
5.5cm)
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Diameter decreases by 0.5cm(from 5.5cm to
1cm)
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Height decreases by 0.5cm(from 5.5cm to
1cm)
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I.
Exercise:
In this exercise directress guide the child how
to hold the cylinder from the knob and then put it into the table. After
bringing all the cylinders from Block 1 to the table, directress put each
cylinder back into the block without making noise. Repeat this exercise with
Block 2 and 3.When few children mastered in these three blocks after that Block
4 introduce.
II.
Exercise:
In this exercise directress guide the child how
to use two blocks at a time. Mix cylinders and then put them back to their right
position.
III.
Exercise:
In this exercise directress guide the child how
to use three blocks at a time while placing them in a triangular shape. Mix
cylinders and then put them back to right position.
IV.
Exercise:
When child mastered with
all three blocks then directress
guide the child how to use all blocks at a time. Placed all blocks on table in
shape of square. Mix the cylinders inside the square and then put them back
into their right position.
Materials:
Ten wooden cubes from the size of 1cubic
centimeter to 1cubic decimeter. Cubes may be finely painted with pale pink or
plain wooden finely lacquered. Strong pink color avoided.
I.
Exercise:
In this exercise directress use table or mat for
this, place all cubes on it. First hold the biggest cube with both hands
compares with others and put it on the table. After that, take the second
biggest cube compare with other cubes; put it carefully without any mistake on
the middle of the first cube. Repeat it until all cubes finished and a tower
build. Now place both hands on the sides of the tower, slowly move hands upward
aside the tower, hands join each other at the top of the tower. When child
mastered this exercise introduce him the second one.
II.
Exercise:
In this exercise directress make the tower exactly
the same way just like in exercise 1, but this time the cubes are placed on the
one corner side of the previous one. This shows that one side of the tower is
straight. The smallest cube first place at the top of the bottom cube and with
the help of index finger pushed it to the top of tower. This helps the child to
differentiate the sizes.
III.
Exercise:
In this exercise directress make a tower
horizontally on the table. Place the largest cube on the right hand side. Place
the second cube very carefully in the center of the previous cube. Repeat it
with all cubes.
The Broad Stairs:
Materials: Ten brown wooden prisms having same length
of 20cm but vary in height and width from1 cm to 10 cm.
Prism 1
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Prism 2
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Prism 3…………
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Prism 10
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Length
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20 cm
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20 cm
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20 cm ………….
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20 cm
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Width
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1 cm
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2 cm
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3 cm ……………
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10 cm
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Height
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1 cm
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2 cm
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3 cm ……………
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10 cm
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I.
Exercise: In this exercise directress use table or mat for
this, place all prisms randomly on it. First hold the largest and thickest
prism with both hands compares with others and put it on the table. After that,
take the second largest and thickest prism compare with other prism; put it
carefully without any mistake aside of first prism. No space between the prisms
left, if there is space slightly pushed second one towards the first. Repeat it
until all prisms finished and a horizontal stair build. Now pass hand over the
stairs from biggest and thickest to the narrowest. When child mastered this
exercise introduce him the second one.
II.
Exercise: In this exercise directress build the stairs just
like exercise 1 but for showing child the difference of the height of the
smallest prism, she hold each step of the stair from index finger of both hands
and slightly move it, then again place it to proper position.
Materials: Ten wooden rods usually painted red having
height and width constant and length increased by 10cm, shortest have 10cm and
longest one is 100cm.
I.
Exercise: In this exercise directress use mat for this,
place all rods horizontally and randomly on it. First hold the smallest rod
with both hands compares with others and put it on the left of the mat. After
that, take the slightly longer rod compare with other rods; put it carefully
without any mistake aside of first rod. Repeat it until all rods finished. The
shortest rod near to the directress and the longest rod farthest on mat.
II.
Exercise: In this exercise directress arrange the rods as
in exercise 1. Hold the smallest rod with the index finger of both hands and
place it aside with other rods just to compare its length.
The Knob less
Cylinders:
Materials: Four sets of wooden cylinders.
Yellow
Cylinders
Big-Small
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Green
Cylinders
Deep-Shallow
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Red
Cylinders
Thick-Thin
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Blue
Cylinders
Tall-Short
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Vary in height-diameter
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Vary in height-diameter
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Vary in diameter
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Vary in height
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I.
Exercise: In this exercise directress use table or mat for
this. First teach the child how to open the lid of the box of cylinders. Then
place all cylinders randomly on table. First hold the largest cylinder with
hand compares with others and put it on the center of the table. After that,
take the slightly shortest cylinder compare with others; put it carefully
without any mistake at the top of the first cylinder on the middle of it.
Repeat it until all cylinders finished and tower build.
II.
Exercise: Directress may put
cylinders in a row for grading them.
Extension Exercises
with Pink Tower and Broad Stairs:
Materials: Pink Tower, Broad Stair, a Mat, a White
Sheet (2.25 meter long and 1 meter wide)
I.
Extension- Horizontal: Place
Broad Stairs on the mat according to its exercise I. Then place Pink Tower
cubes aside with the broad stairs prisms, as the largest cube with the largest
and thickest prism. Continue until all cubes placed aside with the prism.
II.
Extension- Vertical: Take
the thickest prism from the Broad Stairs and put it on the mat facing
rectangular side to the directress. Then take the second thickest prism place
it on the center of the first one. Continue until all prism sets vertically.
Now take the largest cube of the Pink Tower and place it very carefully to the
right square side of the thickest prism. Then take the second largest cube and
put it on the first cube in such a way that its side attach with the square
side of the prism. Continue until all cubes placed aside the prisms and build a
tower.
III.
Extension- Monument: Place
the Broad stairs just like Exercise I of it on the left side of the mat and
Pink Tower cubes according to their grading horizontally on the right side.
Second level:
Take away the smallest cube from the top of the wall and put it on the left
side of the mat. Now hold the first top prism with finger and thumb and take
away the second cube. After that hold the second top prism and carefully take
away the third cube. Continue this procedure until all cubes take away one by
one.
IV.
Extension- Shadow: Spread
white sheet on the floor. Build a Pink Tower on the middle of the width of a sheet.
Now take the thickest prism placed it aside with bottom cube attaching square
sides. Then take the second thickest prism placed it next to the first prism
making 90 degree angle with a pink tower. Continue until all prisms placed.
Switch on the torch behind the Pink Tower and adjust the shadow equal to the
Broad Stairs which is 2 meter in length. Now slightly move the beam of light to
left to right and then backward. By this shadow move from right to left, left
to right and passed over the stairs.
V.
Extension- Alternate: Take
the thickest prism from the Broad Stairs and put it on the mat facing
rectangular side to the directress. Then take the largest cube from the Pink
Tower and placed it over the prism on the middle of it. Now take the second
thickest prism and put it on the first cube in such a way that it balances and
will not fall off. After that placed the second largest cube on the middle of
second prism. Continue until all the prisms and cubes are assembled.
VI.
Extension- High Stairs: Take
the thickest prism from the Broad Stairs and put it on the left side of the
mat, resting its square side on mat. Then take the second thickest prism and
placed it aside with first prism touching rectangular sides. Arrange the rest
of the prisms in this way. Now take the largest cube and put it on the thickest
prism. After that take the second largest cube and put it on the second
thickest prism. Continue until all the cubes placed on prisms.
Extension Exercises
with the Long Rods:
I.
Extension- Vertical: Place
the rods randomly in a horizontal way on the mat. Take the longest rod and put
it on the mat. Then take the second longest rod and put it on the top of first
rod while their left edges even. Continue until all rods placed vertically.
II.
Extension- Maze: Place
the rods randomly in a horizontal way on the mat. Take the largest rod and put
it on the floor. Now take the second largest rod and put it on the floor at the
90 degree with the first rod and their ends meet. Continue with all rods making
90 degree with their previous rods and having a shape of a maze. Allow the
child to walk in slowly in a maze and then comes outside without touching rods.
Extension Exercises
with the Cylinder Blocks and Knob less Cylinders:
Materials: Cylinder Blocks, Knob less Cylinders, a Mat
I.
Extension- Comparison: Place
green set of a knob less cylinders horizontally on a mat from biggest to
smallest. Then take the block cylinders and put it on the top of the knob less
cylinders.
After that compare each set of knob less cylinders
with the set on cylinder blocks.
Vocabulary from all
these Exercises:
Long-Short
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Tall-Short
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Long-Longer-Longest
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Big-Bigger-Biggest
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Big-Small
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Thick-Thin
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Short-Shorter-Shortest
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Thick-Thicker-Thickest
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Large-Small
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Middle
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Small-Smaller-Smallest
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Thin-Thinner-Thinnest
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Deep-Shallow
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Cube
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Deep-Deeper-Deepest
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Tall-Taller-Tallest
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Broad-Narrow
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Straight
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Large-Larger-Largest
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Broad-Broader-Broadest
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Rod-Stairs
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Prism
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Shallow-Shallower-Shallowest
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Narrow-Narrower-Narrowest
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