Books for Shape Theme:
The Maid, the Mouse, and the Odd-shaped House by Paul O. Zelinsky
Circle Dogs by Kevin
Henkes
Circles, Stars, and Squares by Jane Brocket
Round is a Pancake by Joan Sullivan Baranski
Press Here by Herve Tullet - my favourite!
Activities for Shape Theme:
Sort foam shapes into containers.
Bean bag toss onto pieces of paper with shapes on them.
Sort cars into parking spots… by shape.
Each child gets a card with a shape, they name things that
are that shape, and the other children try to guess the shape.
Stick skewers into playdough and place “round” Cheerios onto
the skewers.
Fish for shapes (using paper clips on the fish and magnets
on the rods).
Play a matching game with shapes on the cards.
Crafts for Shape Theme:
Make a shape book.
Make a door hanger covered in foam “shape” stickers.
Make a “shape” name puzzle.
Make shape monsters.