Cutting and Coloring
Teaching shapes with drawing skills and finger dexterity practice
Month 5 · Activity 19 · Art
Instructions
- Draw with an orange crayon a rectangle, triangle, circle, and square on white paper
- A child colors inside the lines of each shape with an orange crayon
- Cut out each shape with scissors, helping if needed. Cutting with scissors helps with finger dexterity
- Place all 4 shapes on a table
- Ask a child to remove circle, then triangle, next the square and finally the rectangle
- Ask a child to place on the table first a square, then a triangle, next a rectangle, and finally circle
Simplify
If cutting is difficult, help the child tear the shapes out. Here is a video to watch that reviews the shapes: circle, square, triangle and rectangle.
Extend
Let the child tell the adult which shape to remove - circle, rectangle, triangle or square. Have some fun and perhaps remove the wrong shape and see if child can "catch" you. Make a pattern with the shapes on a table - circle, square, triangle, rectangle and ask the child to take a mental "picture" before you pick up the pieces. Ask the child to make the pattern from memory. Enjoy making different patterns for each of you to copy from memory.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Why is it important to remember things?
What are some important things you need to remember? (name, address, phone number, parent's names, age, etc.)
Materials
- orange crayon
- white paper
- scissors
Math & Science Skills
Motor Skills
Problem Solving Skills
