Storytime Share

Mouse Shapes by Ellen Walsh

March 3, 2008 on 2:38 am | In 2's and 3's, 4's and 5's, Adult Aside, Age Levels, Books, Crafts, Letter Knowledge, Storytime Component |

Craft: Have various shapes cut out, the same ones used in the book. Each PERSON gets a blank sheet of paper. Using shapes, they make a picture. Encourage the adults to talk about all the shapes and also about what they are making with the shapes, both their own picture and their child’s. The adult can write the child’s name on their the paper and find some of the shapes in the letters.

Adult Aside: Playing with shapes is one way to help your child see shapes in letters and to later identify the letters. For example, this is an N the first letter in your name. See how there is a triangle shampe betweenthe lines? 
Submitted by Saroj Ghoting