I have a boy heavy class.. and they just tend to be more hands on in their learning. Last week we worked on the Letter L. We played with LEGOs and Laced beads for fine motor practice. We stamped with different sizes of LEGOs. (My girls equally loved this!) Great way to tie in colors and shapes. We then compared the shapes.. which were bigger? which were smaller? And talked about how the blue stamp made two squares together, creating a rectangle. I related that to a graham cracker because they are 3 and 4 and snacks are life. So when you have a graham cracker it’s a rectangle.. break it in half and now you have 2 squares! Early fractions? They’ll be college ready by the time they leave me. 😂 The children will automatically break their graham crackers now and start talking about the shapes they are making! It has really helped with identifying rectangles from squares. It’s all about having fun and relating it to what they know and love.
Pumped for Preschool! 