Learning Shapes {Circle}

BOOKS

SONGS

Where Is....?
tune: Where is Thumpkin?

Where is circle?  Where is circle?
Here I am.  Here I am.
How are you today, sir?  Very well, I thank you.
Run away.  Run away.
(repeat with rectangle, triangle, and square) 


Do You Know What Shape This Is?
tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb

Do you know what shape this is?
Shape this is?  Shape this is?
Do you know what shape this is and do you have one too?
If you do, give it a shake, shake shake shake, shake shake shake.
If you do, give it a shake and shout “hooray for squares!”
(I repeated with the triangle, circle, and rectangle)
Now we know all our shapes, all our shapes, all our shapes
Now we know all our shapes, shake them and say “hooray!”

GAMES

A little circle (make circle with finger and thumb)
A bigger circle, (make circle with two hands)
And a great big circle I see. (make a circle with arms)
Now help me count them,
One, two, three!  (repeat gestures for each size)

VIDEOS

TEMPLATES
Gumball Machine Circle Craft found on TeachersPayTeachers

WORKSHEETS

Romping & Roaring Circle Pack by 3Dinosaurs

Shape Coloring Pages by 3Dinosaurs

Shapes Printables & More at 1+1+1=1

Print Out Coloring Pages by Mia's Craft Ideas

Basic Shapes

Shapes Robot Pack found on TPT
Puppy Shape Clip Cards found on TPT

Little Pine Tree

CIRCLE TIME
Little Pine Tree

Little Pine tree, little pine tree 

(Stretch arms out to sides).

You have branches green and wide.

Little pine tree, little pine tree 

(Sway body from side to side)

Gently sway from side to side.

Little pine tree, little pine tree 

(Hold arms above head).

In the winter woods you grow.

Little pine tree, little pine tree 

(Stand on tiptoes; stretch arms up high).

Stand so bravely in the snow.

Little pine tree, little pine tree 

(Wiggle fingers above head).

You have snowflakes in your hair!

Little pine tree, little pine tree.

 (Make a welcoming motion).

Welcome birds to shelter there.


Six Little Evergreens

Six little trees standing in a row,

Their prickly needles all covered with snow.

The first tree is short.

The second tree is tall.

The third tree looks like it just might fall.

The fourth tree is skinny.

The fifth tree is stumpy.

The sixth tree’s bark is rough and bumpy!

Six little trees standing in a row,

Their prickly needles all covered with snow.

Pumpkins

October is one of my favorite months because there are so many fun books and projects. As you can see, I especially love pumpkins.

Five Little Pumpkins.  This is the classic chant that everybody knows.  It's short and sweet and easy for a preschooler to memorize.  "Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate, the first one says 'Oh my, it's getting late'..." All five pumpkins say something and then they roll out of sight.

We made our own little pumpkins out of paper lunch bags.  We painted them and drew on faces, stuffed newspaper in and tied it with a pipe cleaner.

Then we lined up the pumpkins on our "gate" and knocked them over one by one with a ball.  This was a huge hit.  They played for a long time, eventually throwing the pumpkins at each other, but they were having fun.

The next craft continues our fun chant.  
This week was a great pumpkin week with so much to do!

Recognizing numbers and counting pumpkins.

Teddy Bear Pumpkin

Painting Pumpkins

Pumpkin Do-a-Dot worksheet

Funny Face Pumpkins

BOOKS

5 Little Pumpkins Activity

perfect for circle time

Five little pumpkins talking happily. 

Point to smiling faces.

The first one said, “Look! What do you see? 

Point finger to one side.

The second one said, “I think it is a cat.” 

Make whiskers with hands on both sides of face.

The third one said, “I think it is bat.” 

Make flapping wings.

The fourth one said, “I can't it see from here!” 

Look through binoculars.

The fifth one said, “It's getting close. Oh dear!” 

Cross arms across chest and shake as if afraid.

Then flap went the wings as they heard this sound. 

Flap arms and make sound effects of bat after the word sound. 

Five little pumpkins jumped to the ground.

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5! 

Children take turns jumping in order while counting.

SONGS

Where is Pumpkin
tune: Where is Thumbkin
Where is pumpkin, where is pumpkin?
Here I am! Here I am!
How are you this evening?
Very Scary, thank you!
Run away, Run away!

I'm a Little Pumpkin
tune: I'm a Little Teapot
I'm a little pumpkin
orange and round.
I from on a vine from
a seed in the grown.
when I get all grown up
give me a face.
Put me outside in a very safe place.

TEMPLATES

Pumpkin funny face craft found on TPT
Teddy Bear Pumpkin found at first-school

Exercise can be fun!

Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Circle Time

Circle Time is where we gather around to sing our songs, learn sign language, do our exercises and read our stories.

The circles the children sit on are circle placemats I bought at Target.

It's Circle Time!

tune: This Old Man

Circle time, circle time

Singing songs and saying rhymes.

Let's all gather round for circle time today.

It's circle time. Hooray, hooray!

(www.themailboxcompanion.com  Aug/Sept 2010)

Stolen Treasure

Stolen Treasure

Arrr! Arrr! Look what we found:

A treasure chest buried in the ground!

Pirate [child's name] came along one day.

[She] took [number] gold coins and ran away!

Stolen Treasure with a twist.

  Cut out gold coins ahead of time. During circle time I had the children chant the above poem and handed a child a few coins at the appropriate time. That child would stand up, race around the circle of children sitting down (similar to duck, duck, goose), and then sit back down again.

 Making Treasure Chests full of gold was pretty fun too!

Poem and Craft Credit:The Mailbox * June/July 2012

Fun Play