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How to Help Children Learn the SHAPES (and REMEMBER Them!)

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Learning to identify the basic shapes can be a challenge for many young children. Even after being told the names of the shapes many times, children often confuse one shape with another, or forget some of their names entirely! This leaves teachers and parents puzzled; why in the world is this so hard when it seems like it should be so easy? Skills Children Need to Identify the Shapes There are a few basic skills that must be in...
   

Button Shape Sorting Center- and a Freebie!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ In this post, I am going to share a fun and easy way to make a shape button sorting center.   The labels are included as a free download, too!  This center can be used to help children practice their colors, shapes, sorting, and even for reading the names of the colors and shapes! My beautiful daughter Kimberly, who will be a student teaching intern this semester, created this project for me by adapting an idea that she foun...