Spatial Reasoning – Visualize Shapes Through Play

Spatial reasoning is an essential skill for math learning and can be acquired through training and practice.

Here are a few preschool geometry activities that can help kids learn spatial concepts.

Let’s start with learning shapes by create 2-D and 3-D shapes from scratch in a spatial relationships preschool activity.

By constructing each shape one side at a time, you will have a better sense of what constitutes a certain shape.

For example, triangle has three sides and they also have 3 corners.

Depending on each corner’s size and each side’s length, you get a different type of triangle.

Experiment with several different materials for the “joints” to see which one is better.

References

• Children’s Spatial Skills Seen as Key to Math Learning. By Sarah D. Sparks
• Children’s spatial thinking: does talk about the spatial world matter? By Shannon M. Pruden, Susan C. Levine and Janellen Huttenlocher
• Sorting, Classifying, and Patterning: Critical to Mathematical Understanding in Kindergarten. By Jean M. Shaw