Five pages, one shape at a time. Pages 1 to 4 each start with one big dashed shape to trace, a circle, a square, a triangle or a rectangle, with a dot to start at and the shape's name under it. Below it are four smaller ones to trace, from big to small. Then children color every one of that shape among eight shapes, some big, some small and some turned. The square page mixes in long rectangles; the rectangle page has no squares, so it never asks whether a square is a rectangle. Page 5 is a train made of circles, squares, triangles and rectangles: children count each shape and write how many in the boxes.
Read each heading aloud and trace the big shape in the air together, starting at the dot. Have children run a finger around the dashed line before they pick up a crayon. On the train page, count the wheels together first, then let children find the other shapes on their own and mark each one as they count it.
Go on a shape hunt around the house: a plate is a circle, a window can be a square, a door is a rectangle. Draw a shape in the sand or on paper and ask your child to name it, then turn the paper and ask again.
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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Circles, squares, triangles and rectangles, the first four shapes, taken one at a time. Children trace big and small shapes, color every one of a shape among other shapes and count the shapes in a train.
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