The 
            activities on Skill Builders - Observation Skills are designed to 
            sharpen observation skills. Observation skills are central to the 
            development of scientific knowledge and vital for the development 
            of mathematical concepts such as pattern and shape. 
          A child's 
            ability to recognise and discriminate numbers, letters and symbols 
            depends on his or her ability to look closely and carefully in order 
            to distinguish between similar shapes such as 5 and S, or 9, b, d, 
            p and q or h, n and m. 
            
          
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