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Two very special circles are on the floor:
2circles1
Very special because they can get bigger or smaller - as you like.
So you might like them to be like this:
changed
Maybe you like things small - so you would have:
change2
I'd like the blue one to grow:
Red-In-Blue
Whoa! That looks different.
The Red is inside the Blue.

So the Red and the Blue can grow - just as you like.

We've seen the Red INSIDE the Blue.
Can we change things so that we might use other words like:

TOUCHING?

OVERLAPPING?

OUTSIDE?

Have a go. Send us some pictures of what you do - we'd love to see them.

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