Math Concepts: Shapes

Being able to identify shapes lays the foundation for later math-geometry.  Young children can better understand shapes if they actually handle them.

Try this…

Using blocks or cut out shapes to have children make things.  Encourage them to tell you or the adults with them what they are making.  Then read Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh or another book with shapes.  When you have finished reading, come back to a page and point out one or two objects being made from shapes.  Say, for example, “Look at the house.  What shapes did the mice use to make it?”  Hold up cutouts or blocks of those shapes.

Information taken from The Early Literacy Kit by Betsy Diamant-Cohen and Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting Visit me on the web at getreadytoreadclub.blogspot.com and see ALL the wonderful things you can do with your preschooler!

Looking for books on math to read to your preschooler?  Ask the librarians at the Matteson Public Library and we can help you find what you need!