Playing is fun and learning can be too!

Category: Colors & Shapes

Age 3+

Grid Painting! Ages 3+

The boys really enjoyed this art activity!  I challenged them to come up with a different color for each square only using red, yellow, blue,

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Age 3+

Ball Roll! Ages 3+

The boys played with these materials for almost an hour!  They did a great job taking turns being the person who got to roll the

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Age 2+

Color Match Box! Ages 2+

This was so easy to make!  Kysen enjoyed matching all the colors.  The thing he was most excited about was lifting up the lid to

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Age 3+

Shape Match Game! Ages 3+

Here is a fun way to work on shape recognition. Shapes are everywhere.  Kids love pointing out shapes they see in the world around them. Roll the

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Age 3+

DIY Heart Puzzles! Ages 2+

These DIY heart puzzles were so easy to make!  Just cut out some hearts with construction paper.  Make a design down the middle and cut

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Age 3+

Color Patterns! Ages 3+

This activity is great for working on patterning skills and strengthening fine motor muscles.  Studies have shown that encouraging a child’s understanding of patterns contributes

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Age 3+

Color Matching Tops! Ages 3+

This activity is great for fine motor and spatial reasoning skills.  Strong spatial reasoning skills in preschool help support math learning in elementary school. Great way

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Age 2+

A Peg Board & Golf Tees

This was a fun fine motor activity! You can have them make letters, numbers, patterns, shapes, so many options.  The boys both loved creating their

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Age 3+

Shape Match! Ages 3+

This is a fun way to work on shape recognition.  Shapes are everywhere.  Kids love pointing out shapes they see in the world around them.

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Age 3+

Stacking Tower Cards! Ages 3+

Here is a fun building game that also works on color matching. It incorporates some balancing, critical thinking and problem solving skills along the way

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