Boohbah Patterns (Non-Flash)



Play with patterns and shapes with the Boohbahs.

Learning opportunities

• Manual dexterity.
  
• Experiencing cause and effect.
  
• Hand-eye co-ordination.
  
• Enjoying pattern, sequence and color.
  
• Experiencing overall shape and counting - squares, rows
• Potential for reinforcing time table ideas - and groups (sets).
  
• Creativity and choice - enjoying creating individual patterns.
  
• Useful for math concepts of vocabulary of positioning and movement.
  
• Opportunities for extended concentration.
  

Beyond the screen

• Encourages the interest in patterns and counting.

Questions

• Can you remember the names of the five big shapes?
• Can you make a triangle of Jingbahs and put Zing Zing Zinghbah at the top? How many Boohbahs can you count in each row?
• Can you put Zumbah right in the middle of the square? How do you know he's in the middle?
• Imaginative: I wonder what's Zing Zing Zingbah's favorite pattern?