The Little Red Hen isn’t the only farm animal you can explore in this set of shape mats. Children will have a great time using math manipulatives to cover the edges or sides of each of the shapes. Although you could have your children trace edges of the shapes with an washable marker if you laminated them.
The set only contains colored mats. However, you could print them out in grayscale if you didn’t want to use colored ink.
Getting The Little Red Hen and Farm Animal Shape Mats
This set is a PDF. When you download it, you will need to open it with a PDF reader. Acrobat Reader is a popular reader that you can download to use. You probably have it on your computer already.
Great Manipulatives To Use With the Set
- Buttons
- Unifix Cubes
- Glass Pebbles
- Counting Bears
- Craft Sticks
- Beans
- Plastic Soda Caps
- Wooden Cubes
Getting the Shape Mats Ready
Printing in color can get expensive. Taking the time to cover and laminate items will help them last. Below you will find the laminating materials I recommend.
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My Amazon Picks
PRO Thermal Laminator, Never Jam…$54.68$128.93 (11154)
Thermal Laminating Pouches, 100 Count-P…$15.98$24.68 (63556)
Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 200- Count-…$27.99$42.99 (23612)
Hammermill Printer Paper, Great White 100% Recy…$17.00 (4917)
Exploring the Shapes Mats
There are several ways to explore the set of mats.
- They can be used in a center or with a whole group.
- Next, they can be used to do a free exploration lesson or to do non-standard measurement activities.
- The mats can be filled with objects that are that shape or be taken a shape scavenger hunt.
- Finally, children can fill the shape or cover the outline.
More Shape Activities
Exploring Shapes and Coloring with Penguin Mini Books
