Apple Shapes Match Activity for Preschoolers

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One of the things preschoolers need to learn is to recognize and name the shapes. To accomplish this task, you need to provide them with many hands-on activities.

Since the harvest of the apples occurs during Fall, I created this FREE Apple Shapes Match activity that is not only pretty, but also fun, and will help your preschoolers practice their shapes. You can get it at the end of this post.

Materials needed:

FREE Apple Shapes Match activity.
White cardstock.
Laminator and laminator pouches, or
Dry-erase pouches.
Pencils, markers, or crayons.
Glue.

Where to Use It:

Small group activity.
Math center option.
Writing center option.
Take home game.
Quiet area option.

How to Use It:

This activity comes in two parts:

1^stpart – Apple mats. It includes four mats with the outline of three apple shapes each, including the circle, heart, hexagon, octagon, oval, parallelogram, pentagon, rectangle, rhombus, square, star, trapezoid, and triangle. It also includes four mats with pretty red apples with shapes.

You only have to print the apple mats and apples using white cardstock. Laminate them or place the mats in a dry-erase pouch, to make them last longer, and cut out the apples. Place the mats and cut out apples in different centers, and invite the children to match the apple shapes.

2^nd part – Apple Shapes Book. The activity includes a mini book divided into 14 half pages with apple outlines (two per full page) and two pages with small red apples with shapes. Each mini page includes one apple shape outline in a pretty background and the word that represents the name of the shape in dotted lines.

Print a copy for each child, including the small apple shapes, and invite them to choose a red apple, say the name of the shape, find the matching pair in the book, paste the red apple on top of its outline, and trace the name of the shape using a pencil, marker or crayon.

These activities are great to strengthen the children’s shapes knowledge, concentration, one-to-one correspondence, visual discrimination, and fine motor skills.

You can also combine them with the other activities I created for this season, such as the Acorn Counting Mats, the Maple Leaves Letter Match, and the Johnny Appleseed Visual Discrimination Game, to offer your preschoolers different choices.

Extension Activities:

To extend the activity you can:

Have the children copy the shapes on a white sheet of paper.
Match each shape with plastic or wooden shapes.
Find the shapes they are tracing in objects around the classroom.
Spell the name of the shapes using magnetic or foam letters.
Use the red apples to create a memory game.

Storybooks About Shapes

You know what I always say… you always have to include storybooks in everything you do. It is extremely important to read to your preschoolers every day. The stories provide children with many benefits for their learning process because they help them develop their imagination, learn vocabulary, understand concepts, and help develop their pre-reading and pre-writing skills, among other benefits.

These are some that you can use for shapes:

Pin It for Later

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I hope you enjoy this free Apple Shapes Match activity and help your preschoolers learn or review their shapes.

Don’t forget to grab your FREE Apple Shapes Match printable. You just have to click on the link below.

Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.

Love,

P.D. Please let me know if any of these ideas worked for you, or if you think I need to add or replace something. My goal is to help you in any way I can and I don’t like anything better than to post something that you might find useful. Also, if you came up with different ideas and want to share them, I will love to post them as well.