Play is a great way to help your child learn to recognize shapes when they see them all around them. Learning to Sort Shapes (Source: Best Beginnings… that’s us ;)) | 30-36 months Use different colored and sized shapes cut from sturdy paper to practice sorting with your child. Matching Shapes (Source: Best Beginnings… that’s Read More
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Books to Teach Shape Recognition
Shapes are fun. Shape books for kids are fun too. Shapes by Shelly Rotner and Anne Woodhull (Toddler, Preschool) Using photographs of many of the objects children encounter in their daily life, Rotner shows us all kinds of ways to imagine shapes. Each photo spread invites conversation: you can talk about size, color, and distance, Read More
Tips to Teach Shape Recognition
Shapes are all around us, so helping your child to learn them doesn’t have to be an add on to your day. Here are some tips to bring attention to shape recognition through play: Play with puzzles featuring shapes Trace and color in shapes (DIY: you can make cut shapes into cardboard to make stencils) Read More
Shape Recognition
Square, circle, triangle. Learning the basic shapes may just seem like a normal part of a child’s development, but shape recognition is connected to other learning in ways that might surprise you. Shape recognition means children have memorized the names and the different appearances of various shapes. That alone means that they are using their Read More