The importance of learning shapes for preschool children

Even babies can tell the difference between a circle and a square, using their senses of sight and touch to distinguish between them. However, learning the names of the different shapes is not an innate ability, but a necessary step in your preschooler’s upbringing. Children need to learn the names of shapes so they can identify them verbally and in writing and compare the different shapes and their uses. These are basic skills that they will use for the rest of their lives.

Learning shapes will help your child identify objects and letters. Letters are made up of circles, triangles and lines – think of the circles in b, d, g, p, q or the parts of a triangle in k, v and w. Drawing the curved lines of a circle or oval shape will help your child , to write letters like f, u, m, n, j, and the lines in squares help your child to write i, l, k, p, q and so on. Often, recognizing the shapes in the letters also helps a child to recognize the letter, which is important for developing reading skills.

Drawing shapes is also the first step in learning to draw. Almost anything can be broken down into shapes, like a house, a cat, a book, a ball – they can all be drawn with simple shapes. This will make it easier for your child to transition from line drawings to more detailed artwork – and if they’re talented, they’ll use shapes to draw and paint in the future, too.

Shapes are extremely important in elementary and advanced mathematics. Geometry will spring to mind for most adults, but shape patterns and spatial awareness will help your child develop sequences and logical skills that they will use later in school in subjects like calculus.

As adults, we use shapes every day, even though we may not be aware of it. Think of rearranging the lounge furniture, clearing out the kitchen cabinets or the fridge – all according to the shape of the items inside and their relationship to each other. Traffic signs and markings make extensive use of different shapes, which helps us recognize them before we can actually read them.

Learning shapes includes learning two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. A sphere or ball is a 3D circle and has certain properties, such as B. The ability to roll, which some other shapes don’t have. This applies to all forms and your child will be able to make these advances when his or her basic skills are good.

For Kindergarten, children are expected to know the basic shapes, recognize them, and recognize how they relate to other objects. They can also be expected to be able to draw the shapes – not perfectly, but recognizable. There are many ways to encourage and help your child learn about shapes.

Since we are surrounded by shapes everywhere, it’s easy to play find the shape at home, in the car, in the shop and elsewhere. Choose one shape at a time to focus on instead of trying to find all the different shapes.

A good set of preschool worksheets will help your child recognize different shapes, see how they are part of other objects, and help them learn how to draw them. Drawing shapes is the precursor to learning to write, and a good set of worksheets should guide you step-by-step through this process until your child draws shapes on their own. Look for worksheets that combine shape learning with the use of different colors, as this is particularly effective for reinforcing shape names.

Thanks to Elizabeth C Allan | #importance #learning #shapes #preschool #children