{"id":18463,"date":"2011-08-22T22:40:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T02:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/?p=18463"},"modified":"2011-08-22T22:40:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T02:40:21","slug":"toddler-activity-paper-shapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/toddler-activity-paper-shapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Toddler Activity: Paper Shapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paper shapes are a great way to keep your toddler busy while learning their colors and shapes! These take a bit of time to make, but once you are finished they last for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>They are very simple to make, just cut shapes out of construction paper. If you are a scrapbooker I&#8217;m sure you have lots of tools that make shape cutting very easy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2011\/08\/paper-shapes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18464\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2011\/08\/paper-shapes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cora plays with the shapes while I sit close by working with the other children. My older kids love helping Cora identify shapes and colors. We&#8217;ve only used them a few times with Cora and she already knows most of the colors and all her shapes.<\/p>\n<p>You can also have your toddler sort by color, shape, or even make patterns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2011\/08\/paper-shapes-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18465\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/homeschool\/files\/2011\/08\/paper-shapes-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bigger kids can use these shapes to create works of art. A large piece of felt is a great background for construction paper shape art. We reuse our shapes over and over, but you could have your kids glue them in different designs on a piece of paper.<\/p>\n<p>I store my shapes in a manilla envelope.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paper shapes are a great way to keep your toddler busy while learning their colors and shapes! 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