Engaging Shapes Ideas for Kindergarten

Let’s talk about Shapes Ideas for Kindergarten. This week we learned a lot about shapes. Most of my students come to school knowing their flat, or 2-dimensional shapes. Let’s talk about activities for teaching shapes and shape activities for preschoolers.

Shapes Ideas for Kindergarten

Start with a Shape Pre Assessment: I love to do a quick check of their knowledge using a free app called Plickers with an Assess for Success {Shapes} Pack…

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Assess-for-Success-Shapes-1334579

This is a great way to USE technology and instant assessment the smart way. Think smarter, not harder.

Plus, after using this pack, I KNOW what they KNOW. And I know what they DON’T KNOW.

Hands-on Shape Graphing

I also use a wooden cube and simple graph to roll and draw a shape graph.

Honestly, it is good for my little learners to practice rolling a die, saying shape terms, and drawing shapes.

{Drawing the shapes seems to be the hardest part for them.}

Sorting Shapes

Here are other Shapes Ideas for Kindergarten. We also sorted these shape links by color.

You can have them sort them my shape too!

Brain Pop Jr Video Love

I love the Brain Pop Video on this…

http://www.brainpopjr.com/math/geometry/planeshapes/preview.weml

{You have to pay for a subscription…but it is GOOD STUFF.} Then, we talked a LOT about solid shapes. We love the Brain Pop Video on Solid Shapes too.

http://www.brainpopjr.com/math/geometry/solidshapes/preview.weml

Foldable and Affordable Solid Shapes

And we played around with the Carson-Dellosa Geometric Nets. They are like bulletin Board Accents or such… very cheap and so cool. Here is what they look like FLAT.

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We talk about the flat shapes we see. Then we fold them and create a SOLID shape.

Here is a little learner MAKING a cube.

Diving Into Shapes with this!

We also use my favorite “toy” from Learning Resources called Dive Into Shapes.

The pack comes with two-sided task cards that show you how to make shapes. I put them on this AMAZING BLACK pocket chart.

{jealous… I know} at my sensory table. My little wonderfuls can take a card and create a 2D or 3D shape.

I did buy two of these sets so I have each card facing out on the pocket chart. This learning tool is more than just fun! It is a great hands-on approach to using flat shapes to create solid shapes. I am so glad I bought the second set.