Preschool Shapes – Learning With My Boys

My 4 year old wanted to have some fun this Valentine’s Day. I printed out Valentine’s Day Preschool / Toddler Math & Literacy Activity Pack Worksheets from Teacher’s Pay Teachers, which had lots of fun activities.

Strawberry Shapes Cut & Glue

Storm cut out the strawberry shapes. She told me the name of each shape as she glued it to the Strawberry Patch. The shapes included circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, diamond, star, heart, crescent.

Flower Colors Cut & Glue

She cut out the flower colors. She told me the name of each color as she glued it to the Flower Garden. The colors included red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black, white, gray.

The Valentine’s Day Preschool Pack also included many other cut and glue pages that she enjoyed.

Painting Ceramics

She got a ceramic butterfly bank to paint with acrylic paints.

Flower Play Dough

We made this homemade flower play dough using the recipe from the Valentine’s Day Preschool Pack. We added lavender essential oils and glitter to make it more fun. Then Storm rolled out the dough and used my Wilton heart cutters to place hearts on the Flower Play Dough Mat.

Heart Colors Matching Game

I printed out and she helped me cut up the colorful hearts from the Valentine’s Day Preschool Pack to play the heart matching game together.

Butterfly Life Cycle

We printed the butterfly life cycle and the 2 Corinthians 5:17 Valentine’s Day Preschool Pack. Then we got out our Butterfly Life Cycle Stages figurines for her to play with as well.

Coloring Pages

Here are a few of the coloring pages from the Valentine’s Day Preschool Pack. These covered shapes, colors, and numbers. There are also some Bible Verse pages too.

Valentine Volcano

This was one of her favorite activities today. We made the volcano in a clear glass heart dish and added glitter. After we made the volcano she played with it for a long time. We got this Valentine Volcano from the Valentine’s Day Preschool Pack too.

Trace & Color Pages

Here are a few of the tracing pages from the Valentine’s Day Preschool Pack. These pages covered the shapes and the numbers.

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We are learning shapes this month. We spent a couple days on each shape, basically however long she needed to remember the new shape. Storm is 2 years old, but you could use most of these activities for 3 and 4 year old children as well.

Shapes Book List

Abeka Language Development card 4-5
Abeka Child Art for 2’s pg. 11-16
See and Spy Shapes by Julie Aigner-Clark
My Very First Book of Shapes by Eric Carle
I See Shapes by Marcy Kelman
Shapes by Thomas Kinkade
Harold and the Purple Crayon Shapes by Jodi Huelin
A Circle Here, A Square There by David Diehl
A Fishy Shape Story by Joanne & David Wylie

Book Series about Shapes:

Circles by Anita Loughrey
Squares by Anita Loughrey
Triangles by Anita Loughrey
Rectangles by Anita Loughrey
Around the Park by Christianne C. Jones
Four Sides the Same by Christianne C. Jones
Party of Three by Christianne C. Jones
Two Short, Two Long by Christianne C. Jones

Molly Dingles Series of Shape Books (also have Spanish edition):

Seaside Circle by Molly Dingles
Town Square by Molly Dingles
Triangle Trail by Molly Dingles
Rectangle Ranch by Molly Dingles
Star Ship by Molly Dingles
Sweet Hearts by Molly Dingles
Oval Opera by Molly Dingles
Diamond Downhill by Molly Dingles
Crescent Kitchen by Molly Dingles

Day 1: Circle

Read:

Abeka Nursery Arts & Crafts pg. 165
Seaside Circle by Molly Dingles
Circles by Anita Loughrey
Around the Park by Christianne C. Jones

Food:

Bagel, Potato chips, Strawberry slices, Pepperoni, Salami

Activities:

Paint an outline of a circle.
Playdough with a circle cookie cutter.
Fill in an outline of a circle with circle Stickers.
Play “I Spy” for circles.
Use a circle sponges to dip in paint and put on the paper.
Draw a large chalk circle on the sidewalk and let the child race on the line.
Do-a-Dot around the circle
Drive a car on the circle road.

Day 2: Square

Read:

Abeka Child Art for 2’s pg. 19
Town Square by Molly Dingles
Four Sides the Same by Christianne C. Jones
Squares by Anita Loughrey

Food:

Cheese it’s, Sandwich, Cheese slice

Activities:

Paint an outline of a square.
Playdough with a square cookie cutter.
Fill in an outline of a square with square Stickers.
Play “I Spy” for square.
Use a square sponges to dip in paint and put on the paper.
Draw a large chalk square on the sidewalk and let the child race on the line.
Do-a-Dot around the square.
Drive a car on the square road.

Day 3: Triangle

Read:

Abeka Nursery Arts & Crafts pg. 173
Triangle Trail by Molly Dingles
Party of Three by Christianne C. Jones
Triangles by Anita Loughrey

Food:

Quesadilla, Doritos, Watermelon Slice, Pizza

Activities:

Paint an outline of a triangle.
Playdough with a triangle cookie cutter.
Fill in an outline of a triangle with triangle Stickers.
Play “I Spy” for triangle.
Use a triangle sponges to dip in paint and put on the paper.
Draw a large chalk triangle on the sidewalk and let the child race on the line.
Do-a-Dot around the triangle.
Drive a car on the triangle road.

Day 4: Rectangle

Read:

Abeka Nursery Arts & Crafts pg. 177
Rectangle Ranch by Molly Dingles
Rectangles by Anita Loughrey
Two Short, Two Long by Christianne C. Jones

Food:

Graham Crackers, Cheese Slices

Activities:

Paint an outline of a rectangle.
Playdough with a rectangle cookie cutter.
Fill in an outline of a rectangle with rectangle Stickers.
Play “I Spy” for rectangles.
Use a rectangle sponges to dip in paint and put on the paper.
Draw a large chalk rectangle on the sidewalk and let the child race on the line.
Do-a-Dot around the rectangle.
Drive a car on the rectangle road.