Description

What our Shapes: Diamond lesson plan includes

Lesson Objectives and Overview: Shapes: Diamond teaches young learners about a very common shape. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to recognize a diamond and that it has four slanted sides. This lesson is for students in preschool.

DAZZLING DIAMOND BORAX CRYSTALS ACTIVITY

For this lesson, students will create diamonds out of borax crystals. There are several steps for completing this activity. Follow the guide, and ensure you handle the borax and hot water mix during the applicable steps. As an optional book tie-in, try looking at the picture of crystals in a book like The Super Book of Gems by Bianca Gottesman and Maria Jacobs.

After learning all 8 shapes (square, rectangle, circle, triangle, oval, diamond, star, and heart), this unit will conclude with a culminating story activity. See Additional Resources from the
Shapes: Heart lesson plan for the story and shapes. You may also draw your own shapes for the activity.

Options and Extensions

There are several of additional options you could add to the lesson. Eat diamond-shaped snacks such as cheese cut into diamonds or sandwiches. Use sidewalk chalk to draw large diamonds outside or use tape to tape diamonds on the floor. Jump to each one and walk the perimeter. For a sensory experience, have students draw diamonds in sand or shaving cream. Provide students with playdough and pipe cleaners and challenge them to create diamonds from the materials.

Grab a bag of shape buttons and have students sort each shape. Use buttons to make diamond bracelets using pipe cleaners. Sing the “Hokey Pokey” song. Give each child a shape to hold as they sing. Replace the body parts in the song with shapes (e.g., “You put the diamond in, you take the diamond out…”). For show and tell, ask children to find objects at home that are diamonds to bring to class. Share and discuss the items as a group.

As an extension to the lesson, read Big Box of Shapes by Wiley Blevins, Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban, and Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Our preschool lessons include additional resources that you can use throughout the lesson. They are provided to give you as much content as possible to complete the lesson without having to find sources on their own. For instance, if the lesson requires you to show students pictures, you can use the ones in the additional resources.

Preschool Philosophy

Our preschool curriculum is thoughtfully designed by professional teachers to nurture curiosity, build foundational skills, and prepare young learners for kindergarten and beyond. Each preschool lesson plan offers age-appropriate activities to promote early literacy, math readiness, creativity, and social-emotional growth.

At the preschool level, children are developing rapidly—socially, emotionally, physically, and academically. The goal of our lesson plans for preschool is to provide structured yet engaging learning experiences that spark imagination, encourage problem-solving, and foster a lifelong love of learning.

CURRICULUM FOCUS

Our curriculum focuses on key objectives such as:

• Building early literacy and language skills through stories, songs, and interactive activities.
• Developing number sense, shapes, colors, and patterns with hands-on lessons.
• Encouraging creativity and self-expression through art, play, and music.
• Supporting social-emotional development, cooperation, and confidence.
• Strengthening fine and gross motor skills through active learning.