Today's Classroom Activities :

Working with Circles and Shapes

Shapes In Motion
Math Gather the children in a circle. Look through books and magazines for pictures of circular objects. Discuss and demonstrate how round objects move. Then experiment with squares and other shapes. Make a large circle on the floor with yarn or tape, then walk on it. Then walk on a square reproduced on the floor. Discuss the differences.

Circle Snacks
Math Arrange an assortment of circle-shaped foods on a table (banana slices, pineapple slices, crackers, pickles, etc.). As the children snack, discuss whether the snacks grew in a circular shape or whether they were cut or molded into a circle. Brainstorm other circular foods and their origins.

Circles, Squares, Triangles and Rectangles In Our World
This lesson from Education World has a variety of activities for teaching students about shapes. Students will learn to recognize the shapes of a circle, square, triangle and rectangle and how to identify those shapes in their world and in printed material.

Hummingbird Educational Resources has Lotsa Lesson Plans on SHAPES! There's a Shape Hunt, Singing Shapes, Shape Rubbings and even Floating Shapes.

You can also take your students on a Shape Hunt that integrates math and literacy with this lesson plan from Read Write Think.