Play with a variety of shapes: color them, arrange them in patterns, copy them, and learn their names.

Use this site to practice identifying shapes, colors, and animals with these interactive games.

Explore the literature connections, online activity, pencil and paper activity, and the manipulative investigation of patterns and geometric shapes on this page!

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big Animal Book by Roger Priddy in which young scholars learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity using the book My Big World Book by Roger Priddy in which learners learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed for an early childhood classroom and focuses on circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles. Opportunities provided for student participation include drawing plane shapes,...

Based on building a hexagon, this activity from the Math Forum collection focuses on using different combinations of pattern blocks to create a hexagon. An online activity, pencil and paper method, literature connections, and a...

Test your knowledge of different shapes when you complete these activities.

Sorting is an important foundational skills for kindergarten students to learn. Using attribute blocks to sort by shape helps students practice comparing objects and prepares them to sort measurable attributes.

Clean Up this Mess! The classroom shapes are in one big heap. Students will work in teams to come up with a way to sort the shapes by attributes and create a visual representation to model their thinking

Students are inspired by the Button Box to find different ways to sort their own buttons, including by shape.

A flip chart on the Promethean board and laminated shapes keep student engagement high as they demonstrate their sorting skills.

Use this applet to sort shapes according to their properties using Venn diagrams.

This website gives students an opportunity to sort and classify attributes of a group. The applet responds to each selection made and guides student to the next step.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big Truck Book by Roger Priddy in which young scholars learn to sort items into categories they create for themselves. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent...

Students work with 24 histograms representing distributions with differing shapes and characteristics. By sorting the histograms into piles that seem to go together, and by describing those piles, students develop awareness of the...

Sort colored shapes into a Venn diagram based on various characteristics.

Sort colored shapes into a three circle Venn Diagram.

Sedimentary rock forms in layers that are deposited one after the other over long periods of time. Oftentimes, sedimentary rock contains fossils and other debris that are deposited within the layers. Use this experiment to investigate...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this flipchart to review sorting of shapes by color.

You will enjoy this shape game. It tells you the name of a shape and all you have to do is click on the correct shape. If you get confused you can have another try.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this flipchart to review sorting of shapes by color.

Find out how grouping is used in addition, multiplication and division. Then practice set recognition playing the two interactive games.

This lesson plan on early patterning is well written, well planned, and extensive. The math content is substantial for this age. There are lots of connections to other content areas. Materials needed are readily available or provided for...