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Kinetic sand is regular sand that has been coated with silicon oil, and the result is a mass of sand that kids can form into different shapes, without the mess. Just like making shape out of play-dough, making shapes out of kinetic sand is a fun way to learn. The best part? No mess for you! This activity is especially effective to help children develop spatial awareness. There are plenty of shape puzzles on the market, but you can also do it yourself.

To create a shape puzzle, cut out different shapes from a piece of cardboard or poster board. Then, travel them on a large piece of cardboard or poster board. Gather up the shapes and let your young child place them where they belong. One of the best activities for learning shapes is Shape Bingo, and it is just what its name suggests. Each player gets a card with different shapes on it. You can order a fancy one here , or make your own using online tools. The caller calls out a shape.

If a player has that shape, they cover that spot. The first person with a row or column covered, wins! To make the game more exciting, you can play Four Corners, where players must cover each of their four corners to win. Or, you can include diagonal bingos. Bust out the crackers, cream cheese, fruits, and veggies. Work together with your child to build a house out of the crackers!

They can use the cream cheese as a bonding agent to help their food stick together. Thank you for visiting mkewithkids. We promised you free printables, and here they are! Have fun! Email address:. There are many important benefits to learning about shapes: First, shape recognition and discerning shapes provides the building blocks for a strong foundation in mathematical reasoning.

Trace some bowls and plates to practice fine motor skills. Prev Next. Related Posts. January 13, January 11, January 10, January 7, January 3, Get our Thursday morning E-newsletter with weekend events for families. You can do this activity with toddlers to help teach them shapes, and you can do it with older kids to teach pairing and shape building concepts!

Materials you need: paper towel rolls, a marker, and a paper towel holder. Set-up: Draw a shape on a toilet paper roll. Then, cut that shape in half, so you should have two pieces for each shape that you want to do! Activity: For younger ones, show them the shape together and have them identify the shape, then have them put it on the paper towel holder to match the shapes together. Older ones can be challenged to try to pair all the shapes together and build them on the paper towel holder on their own!

My kids are really into puzzles. Our puzzles have gotten so much use, but to be honest, they are bored with them since they have done them for years.

Materials you need: popsicle sticks and markers. Set-up: on a group of popsicle sticks, draw one shape with a marker.

Repeat this process for each shape that you want! Activity: depending on how old your little one is, you can set just one group of popsicle sticks out for them to put together, or you can set all of them out for them to sort through to figure out!

Materials you need: a piece of paper towel we use Bounty , a tray of water, and markers. Set-up: on one side of the paper towel, draw the shapes that you would like to go over. I drew them in different colors to make it more colorful and also to help differentiate the shapes. Activity: Slowly drop the paper towel into the tray of water. The shapes will appear once it hits the water!

Review the shapes that they see! Also, you can go over colors at the same time! Does anyone remember those black pieces of paper that you would scratch off, and rainbow colors would appear? I loved those as a kid! They were so much fun to make designs in! Instead of making the sheet completely rainbow colors underneath, I created shapes for the kids to identify. Materials you need: black acrylic paint, packing tape , dish soap , a piece of cardboard, art tray , markers , a paintbrush , and coins for scratching.

Set-up: cut a piece of cardboard into a square. Cover the entire piece of cardboard with packing tape. Then, paint 1 coat of black acrylic paint mixed with a little dish soap all over the cardboard. Activity: with a coin, have your little ones scratch off the acrylic paint.

For easy cleanup, I suggest having an art tray underneath! They will reveal the shapes, and they can shout out which ones they see once they scratch the entire thing off!

Then, the end result is amazing! Materials you need: cardboard, glue , salt , and watercolors. Set-up: on the black paper, draw the shapes you want with a pencil. Then, go over the pencil marks with glue.

Dump salt on top of the glue make sure to have a tray underneath for easy clean up. Let it dry. Activity: the kids should identify the shapes and use a bunch of different watercolors to color the salt! I love experimenting with new ways to paint with the kids! These shape sponges did not disappoint! The best part about these stampers was the popsicle stick addition that I added in.

It was so much easier for them to handle. Materials you need: sponges, sharpie, popsicle sticks , washable paint , paper, hot glue gun and glue , scissors , and a small knife. Set-up: Draw the shapes you want on the sponge with the sharpie. Cut the shape out. Put hot glue on each side of the popsicle stick and slide it inside the hole you created!

Activity: Let the kids have fun and make prints all over the paper! Review the shapes you created! To make this activity a little more complicated for older kiddos, have them create patterns with the stampers. Roll to the Rescue Help Team Hamster! Pinkalicious and Peterrific Pinka-Perfect Band Create an instrument then play music with Pinkalicious and her friends! Pinkalicious and Peterrific Pinkatastic Stickers Draw your own stickers to create Pinkatastic scenes!

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