Category: Shapes

Fine Motor Shape Punch

4/5/2018

I made shape punching strips for the children to work on shape identification and fine motor skills. I printed them on cardstock paper but you can also use regular paper.

In this activity children punch a hole on the black dot underneath the matching shapes on each strip.

You can also clip the the matching shapes by using clothespins or large plastic paper clips on the black dots.

Another way to use the shape punch strips is to attach hot and cold dots on the black circles for use with a hot dots pen. I purchased mine from amazon but they are made by learning resources so you may be able to get them from their site as well.

You can grab the patterns below and see a video of all three ways we use our shape punch strips.

shape punch strip patterns

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Fine Motor Shapes

3/2/2018

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fine motor shapes for preschool and kindergarten

I made a set of shape and line cards that can be used for fine motor activities. We used small buttons but you can also use pom poms ... glass beads ... or playdough.

I printed the cards on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them. In this activity children traced the shape and line cards with buttons. We also rolled playdough and used that on the shape cards as well. You can see a video of this activity below.

fine motor shape patterns

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Shape Puzzles

2/20/2018

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shape puzzles for preschool and kindergarten

The free membership printable this week is five pieces shape puzzles for shape recognition and fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them. I then cut along the lines so that their were five strips for each puzzle.

I mixed up the puzzle strips before setting them out. The children found put the puzzle strips together to form the shapes. The puzzles come with both faces and no faces so you have a choice as to which to use.

You can grab the patterns below for free until Sunday February 25th ... after that date they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a shape matching activity.

shape puzzles

shape matching for preschool and kindergarten

shape matching added to the member's section

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Shape Puzzles

4/24/2017

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The free membership printable this week is shape puzzles for shape identification. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them and then cut along the dashed lines.

shape puzzles for preschool and kinderarten

I mixed the puzzle pieces up and set them out in basket. There are three different colors for each shape making a total of 24 puzzles. You can choose to have the children do one set or all three.

In this activity the children find the two halves of the shape puzzle and put them together. Play continues until all shapes have been formed.

You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday April 30th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have added a shape alphabet that can be used for sequence and matching activities.

shape puzzles

shape alphabet for preschool and kindergarten

shape alphabet added to the member's section

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Teddy Bear Shape Tracers

8/3/2016

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teddy bear shape tracers for preschool and kindergarten

teddy bear color puzzles also added to the member's section

The free membership printable this week is teddy bear shape tracers. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them. I then set them out along with washable markers.

Shape tracers are great for developing fine motor and writing skills as well as shape identification. I have included an all black and white set ... a colored bear only version .... and a colored bear with colored shapes version so you have a choice in which to use with your early learners.

shape tracers for preschool and kindergarten

In this activity the children trace the shapes with their finger first and then with a washable marker. You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday August 7th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where I have add teddy bear color puzzles.

teddy bear color puzzles for preschool and kindergarten

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Dinosaur Shape Tracers

4/25/2016

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dinosaur shape tracers for preschool and kindergarten

dinosaur alpha tracers also added to the member's section

The free membership printable this week is Dinosaur Shape Tracers. This is a great activity for fine motor development and pre-writing skills. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out and then laminated them.

I set them out with some markers. We use crayola washables because they are easy to wipe off the laminated tracers.

The first step is to trace the shapes with their fingers. The children also try to name the shapes that are on each card.

dinosaur shape tracers for prescool and kindergarten

The children then trace around the shapes with markers. Play continues until all the shapes have been traced. You can grab the patterns for free until Sunday April 24th ... after that they will only be available in the member's section which is also where the dinosaur alpha tracers are located.