Materials
food in varied shapes (see activity below)
Instructions
1. Prepare different shapes of food. For example:
* any shape cut sandwiches, cheese slices, jello jigglers, brownies, or
baked cookies as desired.
* circles crackers, banana slices, cucumber slices, pickle slices, circleshaped
cereal, pretzel rings
* triangles triangle-shaped thin crackers
* squares saltines, square crackers, cheese slices, square-shaped cereal
* rectangles graham crackers
2. Arrange the food by shapes on a table. Provide spreads for the crackers,
if desired.
3. Encourage the children to choose at least one food of each shape.
4. Eat and enjoy.
Safety Note: Be aware of any food allergies and plan accordingly.
More to do Art: Encourage the children to decorate an 18" x 12" piece of construction
paper with different shapes. Staple the short ends together to form a
cylinder. Have them staple yarn to the top and streamers along the bottom
to make wind socks.
Math: Hide foam shapes outside and have a shapes hunt. After finding the
shapes, encourage the children to sort and count them.
