In all the activities I do with my kids, I try to keep the learning fun and hands-on. The same is true for teaching my kids their shapes. In this post I’m sharing three activities I have used to help XGirl and QBoy learn their shapes.
Note: For more ideas and free printables to help kids learn shapes, see my teaching shapes to kids page.
Household object shape sorting
XGirl is still working on basic shapes. For this activity, I decided to focus on having her distinguish between objects that were circles or squares. I gathered items from around the house that were either circular or square in shape, and then put them onto a tray for her to sort. To make it more fun, I had her sort them into two piles on opposite sides of the room, as XGirl loves any excuse to move around. 🙂
Do-A-Dot shape sorting
I also prepared an activity for both kids that required distinguishing between shapes. I gave the kids worksheets with two shapes on them. They used our Do-A-Dot Rainbow Art Paints
In the picture below, XGirl is putting red dot in the circles and purple dots in the triangles. I made worksheets with basic shapes for XGirl and more advanced shapes like pentagons, hexagons, octagons, and parallelograms for QBoy.
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Wikki Stix shape tracing
A third shapes activity involved using Wikki Stix
I had a page of basic shapes for XGirl and more advanced shapes for QBoy. However, the spatial awareness skills needed to complete this task were difficult for XGirl, so I will plan to reintroduce this activity later when she is more ready.
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More resources for learning shapes
More shapes posts from Gift of Curiosity:
- 20 ideas for teaching shapes
- 15 books about shapes
- Magic disappearing shapes
- Trace the shapes art and fine motor activity
- How many ways to make a shape?
- Sand shapes
- Exploring 3D shapes through play
- 3D shapes graphing game
For more ideas and free printables to help kids learn shapes, see my Teaching Shapes to Kids page and my Learning Shapes Pinterest Board.
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This is great! My kids are learning about shapes at the moment and this will be perfect. Thanks for sharing!
Glad you can use them! Hope your kids enjoy!
What fun shape activities. We haven’t gotten any wikki sticks yet, but I keep seeing fun activities with them We might have to finally get some. 🙂
My kids really enjoy then. Whenever QBoy studies a new letter one of his favorite learning activities is to trace the letter using his Wikki Stix.
Oh we got some wikki sticks for Christmas and I have kind of been at a loss of what to use them for. This would be great to help teach my little one her shapes. I just love all these ideas! Thanks for sharing on We Made That!