SHAPE MONSTERS

PRESCHOOL THEME: SHAPE MONSTERS

M is for Monsters!

Here’s what you will need:

• Construction paper
• Googly eyes
• Glue

What you will do:

Have children cut out shapes in a variety of different colors and sizes. It’s a good cutting skills exercise.

Make sure each child has one large shape for the body and one sheet of 8 1/2 X 11 construction paper for the backing.

Layout the googly eyes.

Next, let the children create their monsters!

This activity is perfect with Halloween right around the corner.

And, while the children are busy cutting and glueing, play the Shapes song, which works great with this fun activity.

Teach. Sing. Learn.

Shapes song lyrics:

There are many kinds of shapes
I see them everywhere
I love circles and rectangles
Triangles and squares

Circles!

When I go walking I see circles
Everywhere I go
A circle is round like a steering wheel
It’s shaped just like an “O”

Like the big bright sun
And a cinnamon bun
And the wheels on a bicycle
Round and round they go

Like a big balloon
Like the big full moon
How many kinds of circles
Do you know?

Squares!

I see squares when we go to town
They’re everywhere you turn
They have four sides of the very same length
Let’s see what we can learn

Like a pizza box
And my toy blocks
Equal sides of 1,2,3,and 4
Like a picture frame
Or a windowpane
A square is just a shape that I adore

Triangles!

Here and there I find triangles
Look around and see
And a triangle has three sides
One and two and three

Like a pizza slice
A piece of pie is nice
How about a great big
Ice cream cone?

Like a volcano
Or the sail on my boat
Or a steeple, or the shape of the roof
That’s on my home

Rectangles!

I share my house
With a lot of rectangles
Let’s just take a look
With two sides long
And two sides short
They’re shaped just like a book

Like my front door
And the rug on my floor
Like a fridge, like a brick
Like a bed, like a stereo

Like a Kleenex box
And my grandfather clock
I see rectangles
Everywhere I go!

There are many kinds of shapes
I see them everywhere
I love circles and rectangles
Triangles and squares.