Introduce geometric shapes to preschoolers through a fun Christmas activity. Check out this easy reindeer geometric shapes for kids activity.
Math Activity for Kids/Christmas Activity for Kids
When children develop their logical thinking, they are basing the foundation of the world that surrounds them. Children learn to interact with the environment and open new learning options to develop their thinking, such as maths that we use daily and unconsciously, even though mathematics is challenging for children.
From the time a baby is born, he/she starts molding his/her logical thinking while adapting to the new world he/she faces. Here we begin to see intelligent responses to the stimulus.
Before children start going to school, they internalize mathematical concepts through exploration and sensory stimulation with figures, shapes, sizes, colors, and movement. Later, children will remember those concepts without looking at them, meaning that they already can make mental representations. Here is when language, drawing, and images appear.
To strengthen children’s logical and mathematical thinking at an early age, you can work with figures and shapes. Later, they will be able to play with puzzles with no problem. Let’s remember children learn about figures by handling them. That’s why matching games or creating landscapes with geometrical figures will be a great help.
THEME: SHAPES FOR KIDS
HOW DO WE DO THIS ACTIVITY?
Topic: Geometric figures that represent reindeer/Christmas Activity for Kids
Age: 4-6-year-old children
Goal: Through this Christmas shapes for kids activity, children will develop their logical thinking through linking the geometric shapes.
Difficulty level: Average. This Christmas shapes for kids activity is designed to be done autonomously by the following instructions.
Skills:
- Logical thinking development
- Concentration
- Recognizing geometrical shapes
- Hand and finger movements accuracy
- Following instructions
MATERIALS
- Scissors
- Two printables with geometrical shapes previously made. See the picture.
ACTIVITY DEVELOPMENT
Step 1:
Cut out the figures on one sheet.
Step 2:
Match the figures with the geometrical shapes on the other sheet.
ACTIVITY RESULT
Match geometrical shapes for kids lesson with Christmas reindeer.
FREE PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS
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HOW TO CARRY OUT THIS CHRISTMAS SHAPES FOR KIDS ACTIVITY WITH CHILDREN OF OTHER AGES?
CHANGES FOR CHILDREN UNDER 4 YEARS OLD
Math Activity for Younger Children/Christmas Activity for Younger Children
This Christmas shapes for kids activity can be done with younger children, to be able to develop it, consider the skills of each child. Fitting shapes can be a good option to work with, for this activity you can take a cardboard box, and in one of their covers cut out the geometric shapes that you want to teach the children, then make the same shapes on a cardboard and cut it out, the children will have to insert these cards into the box.
CHANGES FOR CHILDREN OLDER THAN 6
Math Activity for Kids/Christmas Activity for Kids
Older children can also do this Christmas shapes for kids activity. Children may know about geometrical shapes at this age. They can let their imagination loose by drawing landscapes, faces, animals, etc., and mix them with geometrical shapes.
VIDEO DESCRIPTION –WHERE ARE THE GEOMETRICAL SHAPES FOR KIDS REINDEER?
This shapes for kids video is a step-by-step explanation of the “WHERE ARE THE GEOMETRICAL REINDEER?” activity, designed for 4-6-year-old children to play a matching figures game.
Skills children will develop with this math activity are hand and finger movements, concentration, logical thinking development, recognizing geometrical shapes, and following instructions. To do it, they will need scissors and two printables with geometrical shapes previously made. See the picture.
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