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Category: Colors & Shapes

Age 3+

Duplo Legos Geometry! AGES 3+

Can you fill in the shapes with the legos? This activity is great for spatial awareness. It also introduces children to the concept of geometry.

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Age 3+

Pattern Block Symmetry! AGES 3+

Learning about symmetry helps students learn how to classify objects according to the arrangement of their constituent parts. Ordering and classification are skills that are

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Age 3+

Rainbow Rain Painting! AGES 3+

The kids loved filling the pipettes with water and squirting the water colors. They were amazed at how the water turned colors and “rained” down the paper. The

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Age 3+

Patterns 2 Ways! AGES 3+

We have been working on patterns this week. In this activity, the kids created a pattern with the counting bears. Then they represented their patterns

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Age 2+

Blocks and Shapes! AGES 2+

Can you fill in the shape? Great activity for spatial awareness. Materials (affiliate links): Painters tape Small Blocks Make the outline of a shape on

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Age 2+

Pool Noodles & Toothpicks! AGES 2+

Great loose parts activity! What can you make with pool noodle pieces and toothpicks? Does it float? Materials (affiliate links) Pool Noodles Scissor Toothpicks Bucket

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Age 2+

Cookie Cutter Match! AGES 2+

This activity is great for spatial reasoning! Strong spatial reasoning skills in preschool help support math learning in elementary school. Materials (affiliate link): Cookie Cutters

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Age 3+

Shapes & Numbers! AGES 3+

How many sides does the shape have? Great activity to talk about shapes and numbers. This activity can help with recognizing, naming and describing the

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