Shapes are all around us, but when it comes time to teaching your child shapes, how do you do it? You can’t just point them out and expect them to understand – as with everything else – you got to make it fun! So this week, Kidsstoppress shows you 10 ways to teach your child all about shapes that require minimal supplies, can be made with things at home, and will guarantee hours of fun and learning!
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Vroom Vroom! These stunning shape race tracks are a perfect way to introduce shapes to your child. Bring out those matchbox cars and cut out various shapes from construction paper or any other firm paper. Add road markings with electric tapes and you have these awesome race tracks in various shapes to give your children hours of constructive play. Learn more here.
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To set up this activity, draw various shapes on different sheets of paper. Collect various objects from around the house and have your child pick the objects one by one, identify the shape and put it on the respective shapes drawn on the paper. A great activity to get your kids moving! Learn more here.
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Draw various shapes on each side of a cardboard box. Have your child roll the dice and identify the shape. Take the game the next level by having your child count the number of sides the shape rolled out on the dice has. Play hopscotch and move that many places. Learn more here.
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Simply cut down a cardboard tube into similar length portions and then carefully bend and fold each one to represent 6 different shapes – circle, square, rectangle, triangle, heart and star. Have your children dip the shape tubes in various colours and print them on paper. Use these lovely prints to wrap gifts and add that personal touch. Learn more here.
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Playing with puppets helps stimulate children’s imagination, encourage creative play and discovery. Use craft foam cards for the body, face and hands and glue them onto ice cream sticks. Add googly eyes, pipe cleaners for the arms and some coloured shoelaces. You can also use combination of shoelaces and pipe cleaners for certain puppet’s hair, just for fun. Make features using black felt pen. Learn more here.
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Cut out a hole in Pringle tins representing various shapes which would serve as the mouth for hungry alien. Draw various shapes on the blocks and have your child feed the alien with the corresponding shapes which it represents. A fun sorting activity while you learn your shapes too! Learn more here.
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A super cute and great idea that would work for learning your shapes in a fun way. Cut out a bunch of fish from construction paper and draw shapes on them. You could also laminate them. Attach a paperclip on each of them and have your children fish for the shapes with a stick with a magnet attached to it.
Identify the shape the child has fished! Learn more here.
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Setting up sensory bin activities for your child is a great way to ensure all round development of sensory skills of your toddler. It not only helps your child various activities in a fun way but also keeps them engaged for a long period of time. To set up this activity you will need a small tub, 4 small containers, handy scoopers, shape buttons and black aquarium rocks. Scoop the shape button, identify the shape and place it in the corresponding shape container. Works wonder for the development of fine motor skills. learn more here.
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Let your children run wild with their imagination creating shape monsters. A pack of googly eyes along with cut out of various shapes will keep your child engaged for a long time while they bring various shape monsters to life with their creative ideas. Learn more here.
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Cut out various shapes out of foam paper and paste them on each side of a wooden block. Once dried, have your child identify the shape and stamp it on paper. Works great to develop the fine motor skills while the child learns how much pressure is required to get the impressions on the paper. Use these stamped papers to wrap gifts.
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