Introduce the Shape/Color

For the weeks you teach a shape:

• Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of the week to share with your child and discuss.
• Walk through your home looking for the shape.
• Cut the shape out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!
• Put a drawing of the shape on your learning poster.

• Introduce the color by coloring in the shape on your learning poster with the color of the week.
• Put on an article of clothing in the color of the week.
• Point out objects around your home in the color of the week.
• Add the color to a meal by choosing a food in the color, or using a plate, cup, or utensil in the color of the week.
• Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout in the color of the week.

• Choose one story to read based on the theme.
• Share a poem based on the theme with your child.
• Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.
• Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.