shapes
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Activities to do with yarn – math
If there is one thing that is universal for every single preschool program it’s that you never seem to have enough materials for all of the activities that you want to do with the children. Over the years I’ve gotten pretty good at creating fun experiences with very few supplies. I thought it would be fun to focus on one simple supply and share a ton of easy activities that you can do to meet different learning domains. This week is going to be all about things you can do with yarn. When it comes to math, the simplest activities often make the biggest impact. There are so many ways…
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Friday Freebie – Shape Poems
Happy Friday! If you’re new to Preschool Ponderings, Fridays around here are also known as Freebie Fridays. Sometimes I have an exclusive freebie that I’ve created just for my blog readers, sometimes I share free activities from my Teachers Pay Teacher’s store, and sometimes I share amazing free resources from other creative teachers. Either way, you win because you get something new, fun, and best of all FREE every week! This week has been all about different ways to learn about and explore shapes, so it is only fitting that today’s freebie fits that theme. These Shape Poems from Amanda Pauley are a great way to help your little ones…
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Shape art
Both of my posts this week have been all about understanding shapes, but when you’re introducing a new concept to preschoolers it’s important to have fun with it too. Here are some great ideas for shape art projects that will inspire exploration and creativity! Shape Collages – from Nurture Store Create a city out of shapes Make pictures with shape blocks Recreate shape pictures What other shape art activities do you do? Share them in the comments!
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Comparing and Contrasting Shapes
All of yesterday’s shape talk got me thinking – thinking so much that I had to create something new! I put together this Comparing Shapes set to help you work on some shape comparisons. Each poster is designed to encourage students to look at the number of sides and corners (also new great vocabulary to introduce!) each shape has. Once they can isolate these details and use them to focus on the differences and similarities of each shape, they will have a better understanding of what makes each shape. This set also includes a chart so that after you’ve explored each shape, you can put all of the information for…
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Shape Scavenger Hunt
I know it was a little quiet around her last week, but I am back and I have some fun activities to share with you this week! One of my favorite math concepts to explore with preschoolers is always shapes. Understanding and recognizing shapes is necessary for more than just basic geometry, we need to understand shapes in order to build spatial awareness. Shapes also invite comparisons and attention to detail, as well as encouraging children to pay attention to the world around them. I like to introduce the shape discussion by going on a scavenger hunt for shapes . This is the perfect intro activity because it is something…
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My Favorite Halloween Activity
I can’t let Halloween fly by without sharing my all-time favorite Halloween activity! This Jack-o-Lantern shape set can be used in so many different ways, so it is easy to use with children of varying ages and abilities. Children can use the shapes to make any face they wish, or they can recreate the inspiration cards by recognizing the shapes that have been used, finding them, and placing them in the proper locations on the Jack-o-Lantern. The set also includes matching cards, which children can use to play memory, or to match to the larger Jack-o-Lantern inspiration cards. Finally, there are “find me” cards. Children can work together to find…
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Math with Dollar Tree Popsicle Sticks
This week I’m on a mission to share some fun math activities that your kiddos will love – the best part is that all of the materials you will to put them together are from the Dollar Tree. I went to my local Dollar Tree store and I spent $11. That $11 bought materials for 15 different math activities that are perfect for preschoolers. I’ll share one set of materials each day, and show you different games that you can use them for. Here are the items that I purchased: The activities that I have to share with you today are all made with one package of colored popsicle sticks. There…
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New Math Centers!
You know when you’re really excited about something and you just can’t wait to share?! That’s me right now! I bought this adorable coffee cup clipart months ago, but it was kind of just sitting there on my computer collecting dust because I couldn’t figure out what to do with it. Then it hit me – math centers of course. I am so in love with how these turned out and I just had to share them with you! There are three centers; colors, numbers, and shapes. The color set is simple color matching, but also includes the color words so that you can encourage vocabulary word recognition. It includes…
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Halloween shapes and emotions
Since Halloween is this weekend most of you are probably celebrating today or tomorrow. If you’re looking for one more really great Halloween activity for your celebration look no further! This is one of my all-time favorite Halloween sets because there are so many different ways to use it, making it something that every single child in your class can benefit from. This shape practice set includes three activities to do with the included printable cards. Children can use the Jack-o-Lantern mats to practice visual discrimination and recognizing shapes. Cut out each Jack-o-Lantern mat and the extra face pieces on each page. Then ask students to match the extra pieces…
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Activities for practicing shape comparison and analysis
It’s Wednesday, and here at Preschool Ponderings, that means time to focus on the standards. Every Wednesday I choose an Early Learning Standard and share a number of activities that can be aligned with that particular standard. Remember, the Standards that I use every day, and am most comfortable with are Ohio’s Early Learning Development Standards – you can review them here, however I’ve found that even if your State’s standards differ, many of these activities can still be aligned similarly. I’ve rounded up some great ideas today! Domain: MathematicsStrand: GeometryTopic: Analyze, Compare, and Create ShapesThis standard encourages students to look at shapes critically. Children should be able to recognize that…
