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september
September 3, 2023
September 10, 2023
September 17, 2023
September 24, 2023
october pumpkins owl
October 1, 2023
October 8, 2023
October 15, 2023
October 22, 2023
October 29, 2023


november turkey
November 5, 2023
November 12, 2023
November 19, 2023
November 26, 2023
december kids
December 3, 2023
December 10, 2023
December 17, 2023
December 24, 2023
December 31, 2023

january skaters
January 7, 2024
January 14, 2024
January 21, 2024
January 28, 2024

february hearts bee
February 4, 2024
February 11, 2024
February 18, 2024
February 25, 2024

march kids -rainbow
March 3, 2024
March 10, 2024
March 17, 2024
March 24, 2024
March 31, 2024

april children unbrellas
April 7, 2024
April 14, 2024
April 21, 2024
April 28, 2024


may
                            sun butterflies
May 5, 2024
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May 19,  2024

May 26, 2024




Color Resources

30 Fun Ways to Teach Colors     Here are 30 ways to teach colors with fun hands on activities.

All About Colors     A list of activities for preschoolers to learn the colors and have fun too.

Imagination Tree     Here's a collection of 20 simple, fun and playful color themed activities for preschoolers to enjoy!

Mumma Diaries    8 fun ways to teach toddlers about shape and color matching! These are super simple games that you can create at home. All you need is some cardboard, foam / felt papers (or any thick paper) & Velcro double sided tape (optional).

Munsell Color: Colors for Kids-Teaching Colors to Kids   This article discusses how to help preschoolers to identify colors . Recognizing the colors and identifying the color names is an important part of a child’s development. Early identification of colors helps to create the cognitive link between visual clues and words.

Pinterest Actvities for Teaching Preschoolers Colors  A collection of articles, crafts, and activities to teach colors to preschoolers.

Preschool Color Activities    Preschoolers learn the names of the primary colors and begin exploring color theory by experimenting with what happens when primary colors are mixed in these  preschool colors activities! Kids can experiment with colors by making magic ice, matching colors and shapes using painted popsicle sticks, and making beautiful foil paintings in these activity articles that include complete instructions, materials lists, and suggestions for further fun and exploration.

Teach Children Colors     This collection of worksheets will help you teach your child their basic colors. They were designed for kids to practice the basic preschool shapes and colors in one fun activity!

Teaching Mama   Preschoolers LOVE songs. Here you will find 10 Preschool Songs About Color. At the end of this page is a free printable for the PDF versions of these songs.

Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds   Teaching color every day at home and in the classroom.

Online Games

Color Bingo Looking for s fun game to master color recognition.? Get Bingo by finding the correct colors ! You can collect all 20 Bingo Bugs!

Colors Game This color game helps young children learn how to sort orange, blue, red, green, and yellow objects. This game has audio instructions, fun animations, and sound to keep learning fun.

Colors Memory Game  Learn Colors Vocabulary with this Memory Game (red, yellow, black, blue, black etc.) . This game is also excellent for Vocabulary Teaching and Practice.This memory game has audio, images and text which makes it possible to practice spelling, reading, listening and word recognition.

Learning Colors for Kids Online  This color learning game will help children learn different colors and pronounce the name and recognize each one.

Online Colorful Things Game This color learning game will help children learn about different colors and names of various objects associated with that color while also recognizing each one.


The Color Learning Game Basic color identification game.


Shape Resources

Bright Hub Education  Shape Up Learning! An Activity Guide on Shapes for Preschool/Toddler teachers and parents.

/Gift of Curiousity   Collection of 20 ideas for teaching preschoolers shapes.

Hands On as We Grow  Toddlers will love these 10 hands on shape activities that will make it hip to be square! Toddlers will have fun learning shapes in a hands on way.

National Association for the Education of Young Children  Article on how preschool teachers can create an environment in which children are eager to explore and learn about shapes and space by providing developmentally appropriate materials and opportunities to help preschoolers understand the topic. Math should be a part of daily routines, activities, and interactions in preschool.

Pinterest Preschool Shapes   Collection of crafts, activities, and worksheets to teach preschoolers about shapes.

Pre-K Pages  A collection of over 30 activities to explore and learn shapes for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Hands-on activities to make learning fun.

PreKinders A collection of ideas for teaching shapes to pre-k children.

Preschool Shape Activities    A collection of shape activities for preschoolers.

Shapes Preschool Activities and Crafts A collection of shapes preschool activities, lesson plans, crafts, coloring pages, worksheets for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten.

Story Twiggles Shapes preschool and kindergarten activities, lesson plans, crafts, and printables. Look around. You will find shapes everywhere: circles: the sun, wheels on a car, and cookies on a plate; rectangles: windows and doors on buildings, tree trunks, and stripes on a bee; and triangles: pine trees, wings on a butterfly, and the roof of a house. Your children will have fun learning about geometric shapes with the fun and educational activities, games, crafts, lessons, and resources that we have created and collected.

Online Games

Dot to Dot Shape Game  This Dot to Dot game involves matching th dots to create a shape snfd then the shape game is announced.

Learn Shapes In lesson Learn Shapes kids are introduced to basic shapes such as a square, rectangle, triangle, circle, oval, heart and star through animated shape characters. Each shape will be explained in a separate sub-lesson and every lesson will be followed by recognition exercises. There are 2 kinds of exercises for every shape. One is a simple recall and recognition exercise, to identify a given shape. The second is a coloring exercise to reinforce the same concept in a fun way.Monster

Mansion Shape Match  Monster Mansion Shape Match is a fun educational game for kids to learn and practice 2D and 3D shapes. Click on the windows of the Monster Mansion to reveal the friendly monsters inside and match objects to shapes or objects to words. Children can play by memory or while seeing the objects. All shapes are supported by audio instruction. Shapes: triangle, sphere, trapezoid, cube, hexagon, crescent, cylinder, cone, heart, rhombus, circle, half circle, oval, octagon, star, pyramid, rectangle, pallelogram, square, and quarter circle

.Shape Bingo Looking for a fun game to master shapes? Try ABCyA'S shapes and color Bingo! Get Bingo by finding the correct shape or color and shape. Can you collect all 20 Bingo Bugs? 

Shape shadow Game Kids play an educational version of an old classic card game to familiarize themselves with shapes.


Shapes  A game designed for preschoolers to help them identify different shapes in a fun-filled way. Through this game, kids will learn to identify and differentiate between circle, square, rectangle, heart, diamond, and triangle shapes.

Shapes Around Us This game children identify geometric shapes in their everyday life.

Shapes Around Us- 3D Shapes Children apply their understanding of shape identification to delect the real=world object that looks like a particular 3D shape.

Shapes Hopper In this fun mud-filled  game children compare andf contrast shapes.

Sort 2D Shapes by Name Children sort shapes by their name.

Sort 2D Shapes by Sides and Corners Children work on attributes of 2D shaapes and use their understanding of sides and  corners to sort them.

The Shape Learning Game  Classic shape identification game.





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