Shape Printers - Art Explorium

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PRE-K:
SHAPE
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PRINTERS
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1. If working with paper towel
!tubes, then cut into fifths. If
!working with toilet paper tubes,
!then cut in half.
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2.!Form each piece into one of the
!following shapes: circle, diamond,
!heart, square, and triangle.
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3.!Set out containers of finger
Related academic subjects: fine arts,
language arts, and mathematics.
MATERIALS:
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BOOKS:
Paper towel or toilet paper tubes
Scissors
Finger paint
Dishes or shallow bowls
8.5” x 11” sheets of white paper
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes, Tana
Hoban
paint with each of the following
colors: red, orange, yellow, green,
blue.
Museum Shapes, Metropolitan
Museum of Art
4. Dip the end of each stamp into
the dish of finger paint and press
onto a piece of paper.
Round is a Mooncake: A Book of
Shapes, Roseanne Thong
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5. Name each shape and color as
you go.
VIDEOS:
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Shape Hunt, PBS Kids Lab
So Many Shapes, SteveSongs for PBS
Kids
WEBSITES:
Printable Shapes & Geometry for
Children, Mr. Printables
Shapes Games, PBS Kids
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