Welcome to our rectangle-themed page, where learning about this versatile shape comes to life! Here, you’ll find a variety of engaging activities, songs, snack ideas, books, and more that all center around rectangles. This page is packed with fun ways to help preschoolers discover and enjoy the world of rectangles while enhancing their shape recognition skills!
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Tune: If You're Happy and You Know It
A rectangle has four sides (clap, clap)
A rectangle has four sides (clap, clap)
Two long sides and two short sides
(show "short" and "long" horizontally with hands)
A rectangle has four sides (clap, clap)
Tune: Where is Thumbkin?
Where is rectangle?
Where is rectangle?
Here I am, Here I am
How are you today, sir?
Very well, I thank you
Run away, run away
Give each child two 2D or 3D rectangle to hold while singing.
Tune: Have You Ever Seen a Lassie?
Have you ever seen a rectangle?
A rectangle, a rectangle
Have you ever seen a rectangle?
With two long and two short sides
Tune: If You're Happy and You Know It
Put your rectangle in the air, in the air
Put your rectangle in the air, in the air
Put your rectangle in the air
And wave it everywhere
Put your rectangle in the air, in the air
Give each child a 2D or 3D rectangle to hold while singing.
Tune: Camptown Ladies
Here’s a shape that you will know
Rectangle, rectangle
Here’s a shape that you will know
Rectangle is its name
Embark on a kaleidoscope of learning with our Shape Packet. Bursting with vibrant colors and endless opportunities for creativity, this printable resource invites children on a rememberable educational journey.
Cut out the inside of a paper plate and decorate with cut rectangular pieces of construction paper or tissue paper.
A rectangle is like the stone tablets Moses received from God. Cut a piece of brown construction paper in half to make two tall rectangles. Print and cut the 10 Commandments printable. Scrunch the printable papers up. Smooth out with your hands or a rolling pin. Continue to scrunch and smooth the paper several times until wrinkles cover much of the papers. For the final time, smooth the paper out and glue to the brown rectangles. Paint with brown watercolor paint.
Print the Rectangle Christmas Tree printable. Cut out the lines, sort, and glue to a piece of construction paper from smallest to largest. Add a tree stump. This is a great activity to teach size, sorting, cutting, and gluing. Can be used as a 12-day countdown to Christmas (11 lines, 1 tree stump).
Using safety scissors, build a robot using the printable. Do not show the child the example, rather allow her imagination to put the robot together as she desires.
Cut a rectangular sponge in half. Holding it vertically in the hand, dip the sponge in a shallow dish of paint and stamp on a piece of paper. The edge of the sponge will create a rectangle painting.
Add to your Shape Family by creating a Rectangle Buddy. Cut a large rectangle out of construction paper. Accordion-fold long, thin pieces of paper to form legs and arms. Glue to the shape. Add a face with a rectangle shape for the eyes and nose. May also add shoes, hands, hair, or other accessories.
Print the Rr Letter worksheet. Cut and glue rectangles on the Poster.
See more Letter Rr Activities.
- Roll out play dough and use safe knives to cut rectangles in the play dough.
- Have the child form small, flat squares of playdough. It may be helpful to form large balls of playdough, flattening out the sides. Then stack the square on top of each other to create a tower. You can challenge the child to see how tall he/she can make it without the tower falling over.
- Use various square objects like blocks, lids, or toy parts to press into the playdough, creating square imprints. Explore different sizes while making patterns.
- Roll two short snakes and two long snakes to form a rectangle.
Turn tears into smiles with the unique ABCJesusLovesMe Handwriting Curriculum. The key to successful penmanship is in the process - a process where each level is a building block for the next.
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis is a delightful tale about a little rabbit who sees endless possibilities in an ordinary cardboard box. To others, it might just look like a simple box, but to the rabbit, it's a race car, a rocket ship, and much more. With its imaginative spirit and playful illustrations, this book encourages children to use their creativity and reminds them that anything can be whatever you imagine it to be.
Green Lizards vs. Red Rectangles by Steve Antony is a playful story about a group of green lizards and red rectangles who find themselves in a big, silly battle. Despite their differences and the chaos, they eventually discover a peaceful way to coexist. Through vibrant illustrations and simple text, this book introduces young readers to themes of conflict resolution, cooperation, and the beauty of diversity.
This Is a Book of Shapes by Kenneth Kraegel introduces children to basic shapes like squares, circles, and triangles in a simple, playful way. As the story progresses, unexpected elements are humorously added, like an emu pushing a pancake wagon or a rhino wearing jetpack, adding a touch of surprise while keeping the focus on learning shapes.
- Graham Crackers
- Piece of bread
- Granola bar, Fig Newton
- Block of cheese
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