SHAPES

Last week we spent a couple days doing fun things with shapes.

Books we read:

Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Barney's Book of Shapes by Mark Bernthal
Ape Finds Shapes by Jane Belk Moncure
Circle in the Sky by Zachary Wilson
Word Bird's Book of Shapes by Jane Belk Moncure

Art:

Marble Painting on Shapes:
The kids got to pick whatever shape they wanted and we put it in the shoe box.  We placed a marble in the box and topped it with whatever color water based tempura paint they wanted.

They picked up the box and moved it back and forth and all around to make the marble roll around and create a neat design.  I found the children did much better with the movement of the box when they were standing up instead of sitting down.

 The finished shapes looked great!

Shape Pictures:
After reading Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh, the kids were definitely in the mood to create something out of shapes.  I gave them an assortment of shapes in different sizes and colors and let them go to it with glue sticks on white paper.  As they created their pictures we talked about the shapes they were using.  They used the pictures from the book Mouse Shapes to inspire them.  Here is a tree, sun and fish!

 They all wanted to make a cat like in the book.

The kids really enjoyed this activity as they watched a pile of different shapes turn into whatever they set their minds to!

Outside games:

A couple things we did outside to continue the shape theme was hula hoops (circles) and hopscotch (squares)