**I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to and affiliated sites.ĭon’t have 3D shapes? I highly recommend these. All you need are some shapes and you’re ready explore! I must admit that teaching 3D shapes is one of my favorite units to teach because it’s so easy to make it hands-on. My first grader has been learning about 3D shapes in math.
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*This free download can be found at the END of this post. Tracing books provide additional writing practice that will come in handy when they are older.You’ll love these Foldable 3D Shape Books if you’re working with your learners on 3D shapes! While your child is coloring, talk about the shapes on the page just as you would talk about the colors they are using. ( Learn all about the benefits of coloring here!)
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Plus you get work on sitting still and focus skills.Ĭoloring is a childhood staple that is full of benefits. Then cut the shapes out and let your children sort!Ĭoloring books and shape workbooks are a wonderful way to work on shapes. Grab some blocks or other key shapes and trace them onto a shoebox or other box. These sorters practice shape recognition, problem-solving skills, and spatial relations, all in one little toy. (In fact, Ali and Sammy’s favorite shape sorter came from Walgreens for about $5.) But if you want to make it more specific, try cutting shapes out of construction paper. Regular household items and kid toys come in all shapes. You don’t need anything special for this. Preschoolers can look for more than one shape at a time, adding in sorting practice along with the shape practice.
It is easier to focus on one shape at a time with toddlers. I have my children gather up anything that is triangle shaped, or circles. It doesn’t matter what we are looking for, they adore it. You don’t need big explanations, especially with very young toddlers. You can read the square book or play with the triangle magnet. Whatever it is, we can naturally add descriptors that are teaching our children. For example, you don’t just hand your child a cup you hand them the blue cup. Everything you share with your children has two names. My mother-in-law calls the toddler years the years of two names. The simplest way to work on shapes is just to talk about them. I think we try to make teaching our children too hard sometimes. How do you recognize what piece fits where?)Īnything that works problem-solving is helpful for children, and this sort of trait recognition is key for future science skills. How do objects fit together? (As your children grow puzzles work the same sort of skill. This works spatial relation skills as well. Your child needs to determine which shape goes in which hole, and then they need to actually fit it in. Shapes are a great way to introduce problem-solving skills. How many circle objects can they find? How many squares? This shows them that shape is something that many different things can have in common.Ĭategorization is an important science skill. A great way to practice this is to send your child on a shape hunt. What makes a circle different from a square? This is detailed recognition of traits objects have.Īn important skill is being able to find a common characteristic among different items. Once the basic same or different concept is down, children can move into more complicated categorization. It is also the first level of categorizing.Īre these two objects the same or different? This is the start of basic observation skills. Same and different is the start of really recognizing distinctive traits objects can have. This makes them great for practicing same and different.
Here are some major concepts they work.īasic shapes like circles, triangles, and squares are distinctly different from each other. There are big reasons to start shape learning early. Shapes are building blocks for several bigger concepts that children will use throughout their schooling and lives.
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