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Learning the names of shapes in another language is a great activity for preschool age kids or those in the lower elementary levels. These are the shapes that I tend to teach my students...
Learning the names of shapes in another language is a great activity for preschool age kids or those in the lower elementary levels. These are the shapes that I tend to teach my students...
El círculo-circle
El triángulo-triangle
El cuadrado-square
El rectángulo- rectangle
La estrella-star
La medialuna-crescent, half moon
El corazón-heart
El óvalo-oval
El diamante-diamond
I create little packets of colored shapes that I hand out to my students. Their job is to create a shape monster or two with the shapes by gluing them together or onto a piece of paper. I then have my students present their creations to me by telling me in Spanish what each body part is made of. For example, "Los ojos son circulos." or "El cuerpo es un diamante." You can also have them tell you the colors of the body parts.
To create the shapes I used the following items:
(Good for creating the larger shapes with straight edges. You will need a couple of big shapes in each packet that can be used as bodies.)Fiskars Circle Cutter
(Good for bigger circles for the bodies)
Fiskars Shape Template, Ovals
(Bigger ovals for the bodies)Circle Punches
Square Punches
Paper Punch Set, Mini, Heart and Star
Triangles are easily made by cutting squares in half. Crescents can be made with by punching out circles and then hand cutting the curve out of one side of the circle.
I use astrobright paper to cut everything out, and then I pack Ziploc sandwich bags with a variety of shapes. Not every packet is the same and they aren't required to use all the shapes. I just want them to be creative and come up with some kind of monster. Such a fun and cute activity!
Books to Use with Shape Monsters
Fuera de Aquí, Horrible Monstruo Verde
El Monstruo de Colores
El Monstruo de los Monstruos
This is awesome! Will be teaching my daughter this thank you so much for sharing! Blessings
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