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Shapes on the Floor

Shape cards on the floor — children hop onto the shape the teacher calls.

⏱ 10-15 min⚡ High energy👥 Whole class

• circle

• square

• triangle

• rectangle

• star

• heart

• diamond

• Large shape cards or printed shapes

• Tape to stick shapes to the floor

• Open floor space

📋 How to Play

Print or draw large shape cards and tape them to the floor spread around the room.
Walk children around touching each shape and saying its name together.
Children stand in the middle of the room.
Teacher calls a shape — "CIRCLE!"
Children race to hop onto the circle card.
The last child to reach it sits out for one round.
Continue calling shapes until one child remains.
For a gentler version, all children hop together with no elimination.

✓Colour each shape differently so children can also practise colour vocabulary.

✓Make the shapes large enough for multiple children to stand on.

✓This is excellent for kinaesthetic learners who learn through movement.

✓Use this game at the start of a shapes unit as a pre-teaching activity.

→Call a colour AND a shape — "Hop on the RED CIRCLE!"

→Replace shapes with numbers or letters.

→Children take turns being the caller.

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