Matching Shapes

This week we are working on learning new shapes.  Braden knows things like heart & star, but not really any of the basic shape names. 

In the morning I put up some window decals of animals holding different shapes.  He would point out the animal name & I would say the shape.  

After nap we did a little turtle craft (he loves playing with the glue stick).  I drew the turtle & pointed out the circle shape on its back.  Then we glued some square shapes onto it to make it look like a turtle shell.  

Waiting to get started

"Can you put the square on the circle?"

Gluing more squares

Leftover squares because Braden was "all done"

Turtle!

Braden walked around the room for a bit, and then I gave him a pack of color/shape cards.  He pulled a few out and I helped him name the shapes (he would name the colors).  After about 4-5 cards he was off exploring his room again.  I spread out a bunch of the basic ones that I thought he knew or could at least recognize.  

Name the card colors

Basic Shapes

Exploring in his room

Back for another quick peak

Then I decided to use some foam shapes that I had and created a mini shape puzzle for him.  He was much more interested in this activity and successfully matched all of the shapes to their black & white pictures.  He had a little trouble with the sizes - didn't know where to put the "big" square, because the square pictured was much smaller.  But eventually he got the hang of it.  

"Oval"

Switched to a smaller square, because he was confused

Shape puzzle

"Heart"