Shapes

Candy cane math in pre-k

We had fun doing a little candy cane math and designing in pre-k!

Gingerbread shapes and paper houses for preschool

Creating gingerbread houses with pattern blocks and construction paper shapes…

Exploring the light table in preschool

Exploring turkeys on the light table plus a few other items we have added to our light table!

Shaping up with turkeys in preschool

We made turkeys out of all kinds of shapes in preschool today and they are quite an awesome display!

Painting with circles in preschool

We tried a little paper tube circle painting in preschool! We added a little grouping in the process!

We made shapely fire trucks in preschool

We created construction paper shaped firetrucks in preschool!

Exploring shapes on the table in preschool

A terrific and simple activity for promoting shapes sorting, matching, and patterning!

DIY: I made my very own geoboards for preschool

After my husband made the sensory tables and the window easel, he had two left-over rectangular shaped pieces of plywood left over. They were the “holes” that were cut out of the sensory table. I decided to try my own hand at some construction and made my very own geoboards… I sanded the rough edges [...]

Y is for yarn in preschool

Preschoolers are unpredictable when it comes to what they will find interesting and how they will play with the different items we put in the activity boxes. I found this adorable idea of making yarn designs on sandpaper by Polwig and decided to turn this idea into one of our activity boxes… We placed sandpaper [...]

What do dinosaurs say in preschool?

Ask the children “What do dinosaurs say?” and they will all shout a big “Roar!” So I plan ahead for when I really want to ask a question like this:) This may seem silly but I do actually think about what questions I want to ask and when I want to ask them… I love [...]

Exploring groundhog day in preschool

We made a few work boxes for Groundhog Day that we are planning to use tomorrow. But since there is a snowstorm going on right now, it looks like we may not have school tomorrow… This first work box is to work on a little eye-hand coordination and some pretend play. The clothespins are our [...]

We made a shapely Santa in preschool

While having fun with holiday arts and crafts, we also used the opportunity to review our shapes… We reviewed triangles and circles by making a Santa puppet from construction paper… The children simply added a triangular shaped hat, some eyeballs… Some of the children really like those eyeballs… And of course, we added cotton balls [...]

We made a circle collage in preschool

Our two and three year olds were focusing on the shape of a circle this week and one of their activities was to make a circle collage! Each of the children were given a round paper plate because of its circular shape to use as the canvas for their circle collage. The teacher had precut [...]

Natures color wheel in preschool

I saw a color wheel at one of our schools recently where the class glued colorful plastic flowers on each section of the color wheel. It got me thinking why not use real flowers? We went on a little nature walk to find flowers and put them in a bag. Wy wasn’t exactly sure why [...]

Preschoolers can make their own lines in preschool

A focus on coloring within the lines will not lead towards creative expression, imagination, and the ability to think outside of the lines!

T is for triangle colors and patterns

The two year olds in this class are exploring triangles. Each child reaches into a bag and selects different colors of triangles they would like to glue to their paper. While the children work with the glue, the teacher converses with the child. “What color would you like to glue next?” “I see you are [...]

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