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Mary Had a Little Shape
By Monica Painter
Introduce preschoolers to different shapes with this simple song! The catchy tune is easy to learn and can be sung in the classroom, on car rides, or serve as a distraction in a long grocery store line!
What You Will Need
Construction paper
Your voices!
How to Make It
Help preschoolers cut out basic shapes
Have preschoolers hold a shape, one per each child
Sing this song (to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb")
(child's name) had a little shape, little shape, little shape
(child's name) had a little shape, please tell us what it is!
After singing the song, have the preschooler hold up his or her shape and say what shape he or she has. If shapes are not present (while singing the song spontaneously), have preschooler think of a shape and tell what shape he or she was thinking of after the song.
Make It More Challenging
Make different sets of shapes, each set having the same color. Have preschoolers sort the shapes by color. Also, make some shapes large and some small and have preschooler sort by size as well!
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