Piggies - Wood Shapes Find shapes in magazines. Cut and glue to create robots on construction paper. Spray a small glob of shaving cream onto each child's work space. Encourage them to draw shapes. Roll out refrigerated sugar cookie dough and then cut with circles, squares, triangles, etc.
Child puts hand in the bag and picks a shape.
The child attempts to identify the shape without looking at it. Have them justify the guess before removing the shape from the bag. Put shapes in bag. Again have them tell why they think the shape they have is the correct one. Use shapes to make patterns on paper or in pocket charts.