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Step into squares Include our squares game in a project on shape (see overleaf).

Include our squares game in a project on shape (see overleaf).

Child development opportunities

* To talk about and be physically involved with squares and other shapes

* To learn a new rhyme

* To control body movements

* To discuss the role of 'an inspector'

* To have fun

How to play

* Draw a rough circle of squares with chalk on the floor and ask children to stand in a square.

* Introduce the rhyme and ask children to move from square to square clockwise, saying the rhyme.

Stepping into squares

Watch me go, No feet on the lines We all know.

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