Shapes - FREE DOWNLOAD

Learning Basic Shapes Made Easy:

• Circle – A circle is round. It has no corners
  Examples: plate, coin, clock

• Oval – An oval is like a stretched circle
  Examples: egg, mirror

• Square – A square has 4 equal sides and 4 corners
  Examples: tile, sticky note

• Rectangle – A rectangle has 4 sides and 4 corners, but two sides are longer
  Examples: door, book

• Triangle – A triangle has 3 sides and 3 corners
  Examples: slice of pizza, road sign

Hands-On Activities to follow on with this resource: 

• Magazines/Newspapers: Cut shapes from paper and sort them by type
• Chalk: Use chalk to draw shapes on the concrete see if you can call out a shape an your child draws it. If they are young you can help them or model it first and then they can copy you.

Swap Playdough for: 

• Ice block sticks: Use ice block sticks to build the shapes
  
• Lego: Use lego to build the shape

Keep It Short and Fun:

Spend 5–10 minutes at a time. Praise effort, not perfection.

Reward them (sticker charts are a great positive incentive)