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What Else Could It Be?

A shape that isn’t anything yet: what could it become?

What the child does

Children get an abstract shape that isn’t a picture of anything yet and turn it into whatever they imagine: an animal, a machine, a monster, a flower. Nothing to copy and no right answer. Three different shapes, perfect for the last ten minutes of a lesson, early finishers or a cover lesson.

Age
Ages 6–12
Time
10–20 minutes
Format
A4 PDF

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What’s inside

  • The mission sheet, illustrated by Barti
  • The grown-up guide: materials, preparation, what it develops, questions for afterwards
  • An easier and a harder version
  • A QR code: Barti tells the mission out loud
  • With the Classroom or Workshop licence: a ready 45-minute lesson, with variations and curriculum links

Materials

  • One sheet per child (three different shapes, one per page)
  • Pencil, crayons or felt tips

What it develops

  • Divergent thinking — the same shape leads to different ideas, and none of them is wrong
  • Imagination — sees something where there is nothing yet
  • Confidence to start — there is no model to copy, so anyone can begin straight away
  • Flexibility — turns the page and the shape means something else