Creating Shapes Station Summary
Assist your child as they examine shapes to create a picture. You can build math language at home by talking about shapes found in your house.
Cognitive Benefits
Sorting shapes is a great way to get better coordination and develop thinking skills (ADAM & Mila, 2020).
If your kiddo has a knack for matching shapes, he’ll be better prepared to take on geometry (ADAM & Mila, 2020).
Mathematical milestones like one-to-one correspondence and number sense will be much easier in kindergarten if you get your child on track with sorting and matching now (ADAM & Mila, 2020).
Sorting objects by size, shape or color, is a developmental milestone for cognition (learning, thinking, problem-solving) (Hovington, 2019).
Sorting helps children develop executive function skills, important brain skills that help with memory, attention and problem-solving (Hovington, 2019).
Motor Benefits
Sorting shapes is a great way to get better coordination and develop thinking skills (ADAM & Mila, 2020).
Fine Motor Development – pincer grasp (Davis & Davis, 2020).
Hand-Eye Coordination and Control (Davis & Davis, 2020).
At Home Strategies
Talk about the shapes and how to describe them (big, little, number of sides, etc.).
Talk about how shapes are same/different.
Talk about shapes and have your child find a shape as you call it out. Say, “Find the triangle.”
References:
ADAM & Mila. (2020). Learning Shapes & Colors: 10 Sorting & Matching Toddler Milestones. Retrieved June 4, 2020, from https://www.adam-mila.com/milestones/cognitive-development/sorting-matching-shapes-colors/ 
 Davis, J., & Davis, J. (2020, May 29). Fine Motor Skills – Sorting by Colour. Retrieved June 4, 2020, from https://www.learning4kids.net/2015/04/06/fine-motor-skills-sorting-colour/ 
Hovington, C. (2019, October 1). How can sorting activities help with brain development? Retrieved June 4, 2020, from https://www.curiousneuron.com/childdevelopmentarticles/2019/9/27/how-do-sorting-activities-help-with-brain-development

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