Christmastime is here! I’m loving doing Advent activities with my daughter these days, and especially being able to share with her the story of Christmas. We haven’t quite jumped into shapes yet, but she is curious about them and loves playing with her shape puzzles. I originally intended this to be a craft …
You can have fun learning with craft sticks with these 3 simple ideas! Materials: craft sticks, Elmer’s Early Learners Glue Pen, Elmer’s Early Learners Glue Stick, small objects (stickers, foam, buttons, foam, feathers, googly eyes, etc.) Learning Activity 1: Sort and glue objects by shape onto the craft sticks. I like how this new Elmer’s …
With an Irish crew at home, St. Patrick’s Day is always a fun holiday for us and St. Patrick’s Day Activities are a must! Recently, during a Dollar Tree shopping spree, I lucked out and found the perfect pack of shamrocks. They are sold in sets of 12- 6 dark green and 6 sparkly light …
Working with shapes and colors while having fun with this simple activity from Live Learn Love. Cut out 3 different shapes in different colors and traced them on a piece of paper. Then, have your child use the mat to match the shapes in similar colors. Visit Live Learn Love to read more about how …
Do you have one of these Fisher Price Laugh and Learn Cookie Jars? If so, then you will love this Cookie Jar Shape Matching printable! I love how it gives your little one a new way to play and learn with these pieces. With this free printable, you can match the cookie …
This dinosaur shapes printable from Yellow Mums is so cool! I love the colors and how the shape and the type of dinosaur both start with the same letter. Clever! If your little one is learning about shapes or loves dinosaurs, make sure to visit Yellow Mums to print it.
Give this listening activity with foam stickers a try! While I had the foam shapes out to make the foam shape puzzle from yesterday, I created this listening activity for B. We had so much fun with this that we did it twice. The first time I drew a line in …
These shape collages were simple to prepare and a great learning experience! I cut 6 pieces of paper into different, large shapes. I used some of my scrap paper to cut smaller shapes. B glued the smaller shapes onto the bigger, matching shape. He was excited (mostly because he got to use glue). This picture shows …
Use this Candle Shapes Printable for your child to build shapes using candles. Talk about how many candles it takes to make each shape. If you haven’t noticed, I’m on a roll lately with activities using materials I already have around the house. This “Build-a-Shape” activity using birthday candles was a lot of …
I’m on a roll with bottle tops lately! Yesterday I showed you our bottle top sentences and today I wanted to share this bottle top shapes and colors activity (using milk tops). Directions: Print out 2 of the Bottle Top Colors and Shapes Printable. One on card stock and one on paper. Cut the …
This shape sorting printable is from Nicole at Tired, Need Sleep. Just print, cut and sort. I love how this activity gets kids thinking about shapes in every day items!
An easy way to work on shapes is to go on a shape hunt. I cut 5 shapes out of construction paper and had B look around the house for items of each shape. Quick, simple, and fun!