Shapes and Colors

A few weeks ago, we took a break from the animal image curriculum, and had a session which dealt with the vocabulary of geometric shapes and colors. Handing out a page of shape outlines, we asked the children to fill them in with any color, then name the shape and its color in English. All Moroccans are familiar with the hexagon and pentagon, as they are the basis for traditional Moroccan patterns seen every day in decorative mosaics used on buildings around town. The one word every child knew was "star", as the starfish had been one of the sea creatures featured in a previous activity.