My Circle Book shape investigation

Supplies:

• Circle Punch – any size, we used a 2-inch paper punch
• Cardstock/Construction Paper
• Markers
• Glue
• Scissors

Set Up

Use the paper punch to make circles in different colors of either cardstock or construction paper. Kids can do this part themselves! Alternatively, you could trace a circular object and cut the shapes out using scissors. We made three of each color.

Make a book cover by folding a sheet of paper in half or even a cereal box would work. Create book pages by cutting a small stack of white paper in half using either a scissors or a paper cutter.

Optional: Make holes with a hole puncher in all the sheets as well as the cover. Use string or yarn to tie it together.

Circle drawing prompt – invitation to create

Talk about the different things that are circle-shaped such as a ladybug, ball, and frisbees. Ask your preschooler to choose a circle and decide what to make it. As an example, Little Sister chose to make 2 ladybugs. She glued 2 red circles on a page and then drew on ladybug dots, legs, face and antennae. Aren’t they the cutest? They make me smile every time I look at them!

Flip the page over and start over with different colored circles. They can even use it as a head shape like Little Sister did for her dog and cat drawings. On each page she practiced writing by having me spell the word for each item she drew.

What can you think of to make with these colorful circles?

Here’s what my daughter made:

Dogs, cats, ladybugs, bees, birds, frogs, sun, flower, car, snail (I was super impressed when she came up with that one!), butterfly, cookie.

Don’t forget to have them write their name, age and the date on the cover somewhere! It makes a wonderful keepsake and something they can look at over and over again or add to over time.

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