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Foundations for math
Activities and Strategies
for Development
Shape Snacks
Make jello circles by pouring liquid jello into a small round plastic cup (or purchase
prepared jello in cups). Make jello squares by pouring another flavor into a
few cubes of an ice cube tray. Cool in the refrigerator.
At snack time, slide a knife around the edges to remove the jello from the containers.
Slice the jello from the plastic cups into a few circles.
Serve other snack foods the same shapes as the jello such as banana circles and
cereal squares.
Talk about the shapes as your child enjoys eating them!
Sponge Shape Book
Cut one circle, one square, and one triangle from sponges. Cut the sponges
lengthwise to make them thinner, if necessary. You want them to be thick
enough for your child to feel the shapes but thin enough to fit in the shape book.
Cut pieces of cardboard to make pages for your child’s shape book. (Cereal
boxes work well.)
Put glue on the back of each sponge shape. Let your child help stick the shapes
onto the cardboard pages, one shape per page. Let her feel the different shapes
with her fingers.
Punch holes down the left side of the pages and loop yarn or a shoe lace
through to hold them together.
Talk about the shapes and other things around the house that are shaped
like a circle such as a clock, a plate, and a ball. Do the same with the square
and triangle.