Learning Shapes ~ stART

This week for stART, we did a Learning About Shapes Theme.

We read the book The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds. It’s about how shapes are turned into things all around us. For example: a rectangle’s just a rectangle, until you add some more, an engine and a track, a red caboose in the back.

We also checked out the book Shape Capers by Cathryn Falwell. It is about different shapes and what you can do with them (triangles make slides). It has a semicircle as one of the shapes which is the first time my little guy has learned that shape. He calls it a watermelon…. lol!

One of my son’s favorite books since he was just a year old is  Baby Einstein’s See and Spy Shapes. Now that he is older, he loves to read it by himself and count all the different shapes (which is what this book encourages).

For a project, my son did these printable Shape-Do-Dots I saw over at Mama to 4 Blessings (scroll down about halfway through the post). I gave my son  red & blue Bingo Markers (do-a-dot markers) to fill in the circles on 3 of the shapes. To make it more interesting, I gave him stickers that were the same size as the circles to use on the oval shape. For the triangle and rectangle shaped pages, I let him use his circle-shaped stamp with a star in the middle. He enjoyed this art project and will be doing more of these  dot pages in the future!

Amanda

Artsy Momma

Amanda is an ‘artsy momma’ to 2 kids who love making crafts just as much as she does. Follow their creative journey over on the blog titled Artsy Momma. Besides crafts, they share fun food ideas, hands-on learning activities, mommy DIY, + lots more! If you love handprint art, head over to their Fun Handprint Art blog where you will find hundreds of their projects all made with little hands and feet.