If you are looking for some fun and easy shape activities to try with your Kindergarten you have come to the right place. Here you will find fun and simple and engaging shape activities for 4, 5 and 6 year olds.
Why Learning Shapes is Important
There are shapes all around us. We use them, see them and play with them every single day. Learning about shapes will not only allow your child to identity and organize visual information, it will also help them develop other important skills like science and math.
10 Simple Shape Activities for Kindergarten
1. LEGO Shapes
Grab some LEGO Duplo (these are still my favourite with my kindergarteners) and some painters tape. Use the tape make make shapes on the floor. Invite your child to line the shapes with the LEGO. I included animals and people and well and they involved their imagination. One shape became the jungle. Another a base for their x-wing fighter jet. and the last shape was a food shelter for animals.
Supplies
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- LEGO Duplo
- Painters tape
2. Mystery Shapes
Take your permanent and draw different shapes on some paper towel. Place another sheet on tape and place it in a shallow try. Fill a cup with water and place a thin brush inside. Invite your child you use the brush to paint the paper towel and find the shapes. When they find one shape have them mark it off on the sheet of paper.
Supplies
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- Permanent marker
- Paper towel
- Water
- Paint Brush
- Sheet of white printer paper
3. Aluminum Foil Shapes
On a sheet of white card stock draw out a few large shapes. Grab some aluminum foil and cut it into strips. Invite your child to turn them into foil snakes. Then invite them to use foil snake to trace the outline of the shapes.
Supplies
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- White card stock
- Aluminum foil
- Marker
4. Salt Painted Shapes
Draw shapes in pencil on a sheet of water color paper. Invite your child to outline the shapes using the bottle of glue. Sprinkle salt all over the glue. Dump the excess salt off. Decorate ehe slat using the water colours or liquid water colours. Find more about salt painting here.
Supplies
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- Bottle of school glue
- Salt
- White water colour paper
- Water colours or liquid water colours
- Small paint brush
- Pencil
5. Washi Tape Shapes
Draw large shapes on a piece of paper and invite your child to cut pieces of washi tape to outline the shapes. You can have them cut the washout tape before hand stick the pieces on a table or around the edge of bowl.
Supplies
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- White paper
- Pencil
- Washi tape or painter’s tape
6. Shape Sticky Wall Puzzles
Make shape puzzle on contact paper. Learn how to set it up here.
7. Find the Shapes Magnifying Glasses
Supplies
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- Craft sticks
- Hot glue gun
Use a hot glue gun to make shapes out of popsicle or craft sticks. Add a handle. Invite your child to use them like magnify glasses and walk around the house of neighborhood looking for shape that fit into their magnify glass shape.
8. Cotton Ball Shapes
Supplies
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- Cardboard
- Cotton balls
- Eye droppers or paint brush
- Bowls
- Food Colouring or liquid water colours or watercolour paint
- Water
Make different shapes out of cotton balls and decorate them with paint or water and food colouring. Find out more here.
9. DIY Shape Geo Board
Grab some LEGO Duplo (these are still my favourite with my kindergarteners) and some painters tape. Use the tape make make shapes on the floor. Invite your child to line the shapes with the LEGO. I included animals and people and well and they involved their imagination. One shape became the jungle. Another a base for their x-wing fighter jet. and the last shape was a food shelter for animals.
Supplies
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- Cardboard box
- Tooth picks
- Elastic bands
10. Shape Threading Boards
Cut out shapes from cardboard and use a single hole punch to make holes all around the edge of the shape. Cut a piece of yarn long enough to go around the shape and tape it to the end of a tooth pick. Invite your child to thread it though the holes all around the shape. Use paint sticks to color the shapes.
Supplies
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- Cardboard
- Yarn
- Hole punch
- Paint sticks
- Toothpicks
Age Suitability for Shape Activities for Kindergarten
This activity is good for toddlers, pre-k, kindergarten aged children 3 years old and up. But geared towards kindergartners. My kids are 4.5, 4.5 and 8 years old.
Mess Level for Shapes Activities for Kindergarten
The mess level for these activities is low.
Difficulty to Create
Varies from very easy to moderate.
Skills Developed
Sensory play, language development, number recognition, color recognition, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, imaginative play, creativity.
Supplies
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Books, TV Show & Play Kits!
Book: Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids
Did you know I wrote a book of sensory bins? Click here for more information Exciting Sensory Bin for Curious Kids. Or grab your copy at Amazon.
Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won’t even know they’re getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count.
Designed for toddlers 18 months and up.
Book: Super STEAM Activity Book for Kids
Learning all about science, technology, engineering, art, and math sets kids up for scholastic success―and it can be so much fun! Watch kids enjoy building STEAM skills as they color friendly fish, help water find its way to tree roots, solve math problems with mazes, and more.
Find out more and grab your copy here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
Book: Big Book of Riddles for Kids
Riddle me this: What’s an exciting way to practice critical thinking while having a blast? The Big Riddle Book for Kids, of course! From hilarious puns to tough brain teasers, kids can build problem-solving skills with hundreds of riddles that show them how to think outside the box.
- 350 riddles for kids—Have hours of fun with riddles, puns and jokes, and math and logic puzzles that’ll get their wheels turning!
- Level up their skills—Riddles get trickier as kids progress through the book, challenging them as they get better at solving puzzles!
- Double-check their work—Kids can check their answers in the back of the book with a handy answer key.
Help children expand their minds while having fun with this puzzle book for kids!
Designed for kids ages 6 years old and up.
TV Show: Curious Crafting
I’m so excited to finally share my new crafting TV show Curious Crafting which launched July 1 at on TVOkids and TVOkids YouTube!
Set in the ultimate crafting space, Curious Crafting is a short form pre-school age series about the joy of making crafts. I lead a rotating cast of adorable little preschoolers (including my own) making magic out of common household objects.
In each episode we transform recycled items into magical crafts like a milk carton school bus, paper bag puppet or cotton pad turtle. The crafters learn and laugh their way through each activity while demonstrating what their young imaginations can create.
Curious Crafting shares the adventure and joy of making art with takeaway lessons for creating crafts at home.
This show designed for toddlers and preschoolers 2.5 years old and up.
The Best Sensory Play Kits for Kids
Play is at the core of learning during the early years and it can take many forms. One of the most important of these is sensory play because it engages all of a child’s senses (taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing) and has a enoumous positive impact on brain development.
Our Sensory Play Kits are some fun and easy ways to keep your child engaged while at the same time using sensory play to nurture their mind!
Shop our ready made play kits here.
Designed for preschoolers 3 years old and up.
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