Name of Activity: Shapes Are Everywhere

Activity Plan

Name and Date:

Name of activity: Shapes are everywhere Curriculum Area: Math

Age Group: 4 and up

Group size: 8 children

Primary Learning Outcome: Children will learn four basic shapes and their characteristics through fun activities.

Goals and Objectives (3 for each area of development):

Social Development:

All of the children will take turns participating in the tossing the shape bean bags into the container.

Most of the children will share materials while pasting the shapes on the graph.

Some of the children will work together to find objects of different shapes.

Emotional Development:

Most of the children will show pride in their abilities while matching the shapes.

Some of the children will express joy while finding objects of different shapes.

All of the children will express excitement while making the cookies. Cognitive Development:

Most of the children will identify and name shapes.

Some of the children will identify how many sides each shape has.

All of the children will identify colors of the shapes.

Physical Development:

All of the children will develop their fine motor skills while cutting the shapes.

All of the children will develop their eye-hand coordination by pasting the shapes on the graph.

All of the children will use their gross motor skills while finding the objects of different shapes.

Creative Expression:

Most of the children will design their shapes on the paper according to their own ideas using shaped sponges.

Some of the children will generate discussions about shapes and the way they look as they use the cookie cutters.

Some of the children will use shapes blocks to build structures.

Provision for Individual and Cultural Differences:

Some of the children may need help identifying shapes.

Children will choose a certain shape sponge and color to paint.

Some children may need support in their home language. Materials: book on shapes, construction paper, scissors, glue or tape, and ingredients for the cooking activity.

Procedures:

During group time, I will read a book “The Shapes of Things,” by Dayle Ann Dodds and will Introduce children to the shapes and their characteristics (square has four sides, triangle has three sides, circle has no sides). Then after a discussion I will ask the children to go around the classroom to find objects that are circle, square, rectangle, and triangle and I will record the findings. Next I will transition the children to the art area to match the shapes on the shapes graph. The shapes graph will be taped on the table. The children will cut the shapes from the construction paper and glue or tape them on the matching columns.

Questions to ask:

What can you tell me about your shapes?

Do they have the same sides?

Do you have more circles, squares or triangles?

Closure: After finishing their activity, the children will put the materials away and go wash their hands.

Follow-up:

Day two – Bean bag toss: During group time, the teacher will toss a different shape bean bag to each child and name the shape. Then the children will have a chance to toss bean bags into the container naming the shapes. Day three – Painting: Children will use shaped sponges to paint. While doing art, children will name the shapes.

Day four - Cooking: Baking cookies using different shapes cookie cutters. During the activity, children will name the shapes.