Learning Shapes Basic Skills

There are lots of great shapes games and activities you can do with your child

Improved Communication – the ability to use shapes to describe objects will greatly enhance a child’s ability to verbally communicate.

For example, being able to use descriptive phrases such as ’round cookie’ or ‘square window’.

Greater Creative skills – the ability to draw or create shapes will help your child transition from stick figure drawings into more detailed drawings using shapes or be able to create a face out of craft pieces.

Sorting objects – children can use shapes as a method for sorting objects. Children that can sort objects by circles, squares, triangles, ovals or rectangles.

Sorting is an important skill for children as it helps them develop ability to think about the attributes of objects and how they relate to other objects. Sorting is a great way to develop logical thinking.

Pre-reading and writing skills – learning to recognize shapes is an important step on the way to learning to recognize letters.

The drawing skills developed in drawing shapes provide children a foundation for learning to write letters.

Letters contain lots of different shapes – circles, lines, parts of triangles and curves. Drawing a circle helps children write b, d, g, p, q. Drawing a triangle helps with the letters k, v, w.

Geometry – through play your child will learn that some shapes are good for rolling while other are good for stacking or building towers.

Being able to use your imagination to take an object look at how it fits into a space with a shape sorter or place lots of shapes in to a box.

Enjoy With FANTASTIC FUN !!