This learning task involves children identifying different shapes through touch using a feely bag. Children will reach into an opaque bag and try to identify shapes by their features using only their sense of touch. Starting with 4 shapes or less, this activity helps children distinguish between shapes like circles, squares, and triangles in a fun way. It builds important skills for math, reading, and writing while engaging children's natural curiosity to learn independently through exploration. The task can be adapted based on each child's development level and extended in various ways.

1. Sultan Qaboos University
College of Education
Early Childhood department
Assignment (3):
Sharing of an Exemplary Learning Task
Submitted by: Thuraya Al-khalili.
ID: 83842
Submitted to: Dr. Flick Douglas.
Course: ECED4080 “Creating Materials for Use by Young
Children – Winter 2011”
Submission date: Sunday, 11 03 20

2. Learning Task: improving their ability to build with blocks
and complete puzzles.
Shapes feely bag.
Children are often confused between the
Description: different shapes (circle, square, rectangle,
etc). Using their sense of touch to discover
Only through their sense of touch, children
each shape, they recognize the differences
will be searching for a certain shape (circle,
between them, and identify the main
square, rectangle, etc) which the teacher
features of each shape ex; the triangle has 3
asks them to find from the opaque feely bag.
sides only, while the square has 4 sides. This
They will insert one hand inside the feely
activity helps children to seek knowledge in
bag and try to identify a particular shape
a fun way.
using their prior knowledge about the
features of each one. Student Learning Outcomes:
Adding and removing shapes from the feely Geometrics: Differentiates between
bag depends on each child’s level. Start with various shapes.
4 shapes or less, and add some according to
the child’s progress. Prerequisite Concepts, Concepts,
Skills, & Values:
Age group:
• Understands the idea of the activity;
4 to 6 years
uses only his hand to identify the
Subject area: shape without looking at the shapes.
Mathematics. • Recognizes some shapes visually.
Subject Standards: • Has experience in comparing
between objects.
Geometrics.
Learning Theory & Instructional
Subject Topic: Strategies:
Shapes. • The activity is based upon a
cognitive approach where children
Background Information:
make links with different
Children who can identify shapes have built experiences (seeing, listening, and
skills essential for reading, writing and touching).
math. Knowing the different shapes helps
• Children are curious learners; they
them recognize numbers and letters as well
are in a stage where they discover
as other signs and symbols. Distinguishing
the world. This activity responds to
among shapes enhances their play, too,
children’s way of learning through

3. hiding the 2d shape they are looking • Explain for the child that this activity
for. is based on the sense of touch only
“we do not look inside the bag; we
• This activity encourages children to only put our hands to find a shape”.
seek knowledge, search, and learn
independently. • Because children learn through
modeling, pretend that you are the
• The activity prepares children for child, and act like you are looking
reading and writing. for a certain shape. Remember to
describe the shape verbally while
Student Characteristics
touching the shape ex, this shape is
Accommodated: similar to the coin shape! So, it is a
• This activity meets different circle!
developmental stages; through • Tell the child to find you a certain
adding and removing shapes from shape to check if the child
the feely bag this activity is easily understood the idea of the activity.
adapted to the child developmental This way you are stating from the
level. basic way “checking for receptive
understanding”
Introduction of the Learning Task:
• Show the child how to tidy-up the
• Show the child the location of the
activity.
activity in the shelf.
• Tell the child the name of the
Checklist of Tray Items:
activity. • Tray.
• Walking with the child, ask himher • Box
to bring the activity to a table.
• A feely bag that contains the shapes.
• Open the feely bag for the child, and
ask himher to remove the content of Simplification Activities:
it.
• Focus only in 2 or 3 shapes (circle,
• Tell the child that the feely bag square, and triangle).
obviously contains different shapes.
Extension Activities:
• Ask the child to name some shapes.
• Ask the child to match between the
• As a start put 4 or less shapes inside
the feely bag. shapes and their written names.
Enrichment Activities:

4. • Create a feely bag that contains a 3d • Make sure to remove any sharp
shapes (cube, cylinder, cone, etc). edges in the shapes.
Assessment Techniques: • Use the same color for all the shapes
in order to help the child focus on
Informal assessment: one difference only to compare
between the shapes “number of
• Observe the child during the outdoor,
sides” rather than the color of the
playing time, and snack time.
shape.
Formal assessment:
• Enlarge the font of the shapes cards
• The child identifies the shapes names.
receptively “gives the teacher a
circle, when she asks for a circle”. Key Words:
• The child identifies the shapes Feely bag, inside, outside, same, different,
expressively “says this is a square”. sides.
Evaluation Rubric: Materials needed:
1. Does not distinguish between shapes.  Opaque feely bag.
2. Recognizes, and names 5 shapes.
3. Recognizes, and names 10 shapes.
4. Matches the shapes with their name
cards.
Vocabulary:
Circle, square, triangle, rectangle, diamond,  Cork.
heart, hexagon, oval, pentagon, star.
References:
• The idea of using the “Feely bag” is
from:
Barnes, B. (2007). Teaching
art to young children 4-9(2nd.ed).
New York, NY: Rutledge Flamer.
 A paper that contains the different
Comments Hits, & Suggestions:
shapes.

5.  A small box.
 Written names of the shapes
 Scissors.
(English and Arabic).
 A cutter.
 A small tray.

6. 4. Keep the cork shapes inside the
feely bag.
5. Laminate the names of the
shapes and cut them into small
cards.
6. Keep the laminated cards inside a
small box to keep it safe.
Procedure:
7. Keep the feely bag and the box in
1. Cut the shapes. a small tray.
2. Draw the shapes in the backside
of the cork.
3. Cut the shapes using a cutter.