DESCRIPTION PAGE Vocabulary Cards 4-7 I m Circle 8 Circle Activities 9-10 I m Square 11 Square Activities 12-13 I m Triangle 14 Triangle Activities 15-16 I m Rectangle 17 Rectangle Activities 18-19 I m Oval 20 Oval Activities 20-21 I m Star 22 Star Activities 23-24 Let s Have Fun Shape Song 25 Shape Poems, Games & Activities 26-27 Shape Snacks 28 Shapes All Around Us Song Lyrics & Activity 29 Shape Songs 30-39 Finger Plays & Action Rhymes 40 The Shape Rhyme 41 Shape Song #1 & Activities 42-43 Shape Song #2 & Activities 44-45 Shape Activities & Games 46-47 Make a Shape Game for Preschoolers 48 Dice Template 49 Flash Cards / Word Wall 50-52 Cut & Place 53-55 Match the Shapes with Their Shadows 56-63 Colour me In 64-65 Shapes Bingo - Instructions & Cards 66-71 Blank Bingo Card 72 Custom Call Card 73 What s the Word Activity 74 Acknowledgements & Terms of Use 75 Warnings : Please Observe Adequate Safety Precautions When Undertaking Crafts Or Activities With Your Child Which Involve Running Or Vigorous Movement, Cutting, Pasting, Small And/Or Sharp Objects, Heat or Water www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 3
Vocabulary Cards Cut out the cards below, fold in half and laminate for protection. Regular use of these cards will reinforce your child s recognition of colour/word association and also enable him or her to connect a specific colour to a time, place or element. square (noun) 1. A square has four sides. 2. The sides are all the same length. 3. The four corners are the same angle. 4. Boxes are sometimes square these can also be called cubes. 5. rectangle (noun) 1. A rectangle has four sides. 2. Two sides are short. They are the same length. 3. Two sides are long. They are the same length. 4. A rectangle is sometimes called an OBLONG. 5. Cereal boxes are mostly rectangle. circle (noun) 1. A circle is ROUND. 2. It has no corners and no sides. 3. A circle has no beginning and no end. 4. If you draw a line from the middle of the circle to the edge it will be the same size or length whether you draw it up, down or sideways. 5. A ring is a circle. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 4
Vocabulary Cards Cut out the cards below, fold in half and laminate for protection. Regular use of these cards will reinforce your child s recognition of colour/word association and also enable him or her to connect a specific colour to a time, place or element. triangle (noun) 1. A triangle has three sides. 2. The sides do not have to be the same length but mostly two sides are the same. 3. There are lots of different kinds of triangles. 4. A slice of pizza is like a triangle shape. star (noun) 1. A star can have four or five or more points. 2. Each point is made from two lines that are the same. 3. At night you can see stars in the sky. heart (noun) 1. A heart can be any colour but mostly it is red. 2. A heart is the symbol for love and Valentine s Day. 3. If you fold a heart exactly in half it looks nearly like a question mark. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 5
Vocabulary Cards Cut out the cards below, fold in half and laminate for protection. Regular use of these cards will reinforce your child s recognition of colour/word association and also enable him or her to connect a specific colour to a time, place or element. oval (noun) 1. An oval has no sides and no corners. 2. An oval has no beginning and no end. 3. An oval is a round shape but is not exactly round like a circle. 4. If you draw lines from the middle of an oval, the lines at the top and sides will be different. pentagon (noun) 1. A pentagon has five sides. 2. The sides are all the same. This means they are equal. 3. It looks a lot like the shape of a house or a barn. hexagon (noun) 1. A hexagon has six sides. 2. The sides are the same length. 3. This shape is sometimes used in science to show a picture of a cell. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 6
Vocabulary Cards Cut out the cards below, fold in half and laminate for protection. Regular use of these cards will reinforce your child s recognition of colour/word association and also enable him or her to connect a specific colour to a time, place or element. diamond (noun) 1. A diamond has four sides. 2. The sides are nearly always equal but sometimes two sides can be shorter than the other two. 3. A diamond is also a precious gemstone. 4. A diamond is nearly like a square on its side. cube (noun) arc (noun) 1. A cube is called a 3-Dimensional shape. 2. It is like a square with the sides all being equal. 3. A dice is a cube shape. 4. Many boxes are cube shaped. 1. An arc is like half a circle or the shape of a rainbow. 2. It has two curved lines and two straight lines. 3. If you join two arcs that are exactly the same, you will get a circle or an oval shape. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 7
I m Trace this Shape A circle has no sides or corners. It is ROUND. circle Write the name of this shape - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 8
Following Directions Colour in the circle Join the Dots to Form A Circle Colour the circles only. Draw a circle and colour it in RED www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 9
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I m Trace this Shape A square has four sides. The sides are equal. That means they are the same size (length). A square has four corners. square square Write the name of this shape - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 11
Following Directions Colour in the square Join the dots to form a square Colour in the squares only Draw a square www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 12
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I m Trace this Shape A triangle always has three sides. The sides are not always equal. There are different names for triangles that have all three sides equal, and for triangles that have two sides equal. Sometimes a triangle can have three different sides. triangle Write the name of this shape - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 14
Following Directions Colour the triangle. Join the dots to form a triangle. Colour in the triangles. Draw a triangle. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 15
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I m Trace this Shape A rectangle has four sides. The two short sides are equal and the two long sides are equal. rectangle Write the name of this shape - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 17
Following Directions Colour the rectangle Join the dots to form a rectangle Colour in the rectangles only Draw a rectangle www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 18
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I m Trace this Shape An oval is similar to an egg-shape. It has no sides and no corners. It is not the same shape as a circle. oval Write the name of this shape - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 20
Following Directions Colour the oval Join the dots to form an oval Colour in the ovals only Draw an oval and colour it in www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 21
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I m Trace this Shape A star can have four, five or six points, even more. This star has five points and the lines are all even that means they are the same. A star does not have to have equal lines. star Write the name of this shape - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 23
Following Directions Colour in the star Join the dots to form a star Colour in the stars with 5 points Draw your own star and colour it in. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 24
Colour all the Stars www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 25
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Shape Poems, Games & Activities If you want to teach preschoolers about shapes, one good way of doing it is to help them remember a shape poem, such as: CIRCLE, CIRCLE. Never ending. Just like Mother's stack of mending. TRIANGLE, TRIANGLE. Has three sides. In the corner she always hides. RECTANGLE, RECTANGLE. Two short, two long. Remember this rule and you won't go wrong. (1998 by Tammy Dryden) Bread Snack Shapes Another good idea is to cut bread into shapes and ask them to eat the shapes. You can create a mix of squares and triangles and ask your child to eat the squares first. Not only he or she will eat a lot of bread in this way, but will also learn to differentiate between a square and a triangle. For an added variation, cut cheese into shapes as well to make shape sandwiches. Cereal Shape Sorting Have your child sort shapes using brand cereals such as: Squares: Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, or Captain Crunch Circles: Cheerio s, Fruit Loops, or Apple Jacks Rectangles: Frosted Mini Wheat Then use the cereal as a special snack time treat! Shape Hunt Give your child a shape to search for in the home. Give him five minutes to bring you all of the things that are that shape. For instance, an eraser might be a rectangle. When the time is up be sure to praise your child for all of the things the he found. Shape Collage You will need safety scissors, a glue stick, construction paper, a marker, and a few old magazines. Before you begin, divide a piece of construction paper into six boxes. Label each box: square, rectangle, circle, oval, triangle, and star. Help your child search for shapes in a magazine that represent any of the six shapes on the construction paper. Cut the pictures out and have your child glue the shapes in their appropriate box. You can substitute the construction paper for poster board, if you want to make a bigger workspace. Shape BINGO Use the BINGO cards in this book to play a friendly game of Shape BINGO with your preschooler. They will have fun, and learn at the same time. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 27
Preschoolers only need to know about the basic shapes, such as squares, circles, triangles, etc. They will learn the more complex shapes in the later years of their education. Preschool shape activities can be made fun for your kids with a little imagination on your part. They will not only enjoy the activity itself but will remember the shapes correctly for the rest of their lives. Teaching Tips: Create a book describing geometric shapes. Expand on concepts by encouraging children to write about other geometric shapes. Play I Spy. Children should choose an object in the room. Describe it in terms of shape, colour, etc. I spy an object that is large, round, and white Other students should then guess the mystery object. Go on a Shape Walk. Tell children to find all the circles they see in nature. Give them time to draw various objects in a circle-shaped book. Repeat the activity using other shapes. Fun & Games SHAPES HUNT Have children go on a shapes hunt in your day-care/classroom or Homeschool. Can they spot and name any of these shapes: circle, triangle, rectangle, square, oval or star? Alternate: Cut out a number of shapes from heavy paper or cardstock. Punch a hole in each shape and tie a long piece of yarn or ribbon on each shape, so children can put them around their necks. Ask your children to go around the daycare and find shapes that match their shape. Young children may need to show you only one example at a time. Extension: Take the shapes hunt outside. Look at houses, the sidewalk, windows, trees, cars, children playing with toys, people working, etc. Talk about all the shapes you see. SPONGE PAINTING Cut sponges into various shapes. Let the children dip the sponges in tempera or watercolour paint and stamp the shapes onto paper. You may want to use the paper to cover your bulletin board, making an attractive background for other work or displays. SHAPES MAT Make a variety of geometric shapes out of heavy paper or cardstock. You may want to laminate them. Make them different sizes, and let the triangles have different length sides (not all triangles are equilateral). Trace around each of the shapes on a large piece of paper (make the outlines slightly larger). Give the children some of the shapes and let them put the correct shapes into the outlines on the mat. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 28
SHAPE SNACKS There are many snacks that can be made into shapes. Let the children help! Circle snacks: sliced bananas, oranges, round crackers, cookies, muffins, sandwiches on round bread (use a round cookie cutter). Square snacks: French toast; cheese squares or cubes (be sure to use the word cubes ), crackers, rice krispie squares, and sandwiches cut into squares. Triangle snacks: triangular chips, pizza slices, cheese slices and sandwiches cut into triangles, orange slices (wedge shaped), watermelon slices. Rectangle snacks: graham crackers, granola bars, sandwiches cut into strips. Extensions: also make these unusual shapes. Semicircles: half an orange or watermelon slice. Ovals: grapes, hard boiled eggs Diamonds (parallelograms) : sandwiches cut on the angle Hearts, ovals and stars: use cookie cutters to cut sandwiches or cookies. SHAPES PICTURES Cut out a variety of triangle, circles, squares and rectangles. Use wallpaper, wrapping paper, old cards, construction or coloured paper. Let children make selfportraits, pictures of the outdoors, or whatever they would like. Talk about the names of the shapes as they handle them and in the finished pictures. Write the names of the shapes on a few of them, if it doesn t destroy the artistry. www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 29
Shapes All Around Us Lyrics by David Burba and Lisa Campbell Music by David Burba LYRICS: Shapes, shapes, shapes all around us. Shapes, shapes, shapes all around us. So many different shapes to share. So many different shapes, shapes to share. Movements: Push hands up in the air 3 times with each shape word, and then make big inward circles with arms. Arms out wide and march in place around in a circle. First, there is a circle round as can be. Then there is a square, four equal sides has he. A triangle has three sides, no matter what the lengths. A rectangle has 2 long sides but short on each end. Make arms into a circle shape over head. With pointer fingers, draw a square in the air. With pointer fingers, draw a triangle in the air. Pretend to play an instrument (electric guitar, drums, piano, etc) to music. Repeat Chorus Hold palms facing each other with arms out wide for long then bring palms closer together for short. Chorus Movements CIRCLE CIRCLE An oval... A star... SQUARE SQUARE A heart... TRIANGLE TRIANGLE A diamond... RECTANGLE RECTANGLE Hands on hips, bouncing at knees with the music, echoing the shapes. This song is available on "ABC's & Much More." www.staidenshomeschool.com 2009 Donnette E Davis 30