Description

What our Shapes: Square lesson plan includes

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

SILLY SQUARE MONSTERS ACTIVITY

For this activity, students will create artworks featuring square shapes. Give each student a square piece of  construction paper. Tell students they are going to make a silly square monster. Guide students to decorate their square using googly eyes, markers, pompoms, and other materials. Demonstrate how to use the right amount of glue to glue on craft items. Encourage students to make their monsters silly—add big eyes, wild hair, funny mouths, etc. Allow students to share what they have created with the class or a friend.

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 square-shaped snacks such as crackers and/or cheese slices. Use sidewalk chalk to draw large squares outside or use tape to tape squares on the floor. Jump to each one and walk the perimeter. For a sensory experience, have students draw squares in sand or shaving cream. Provide students with playdough and pipe cleaners and challenge them to create squares from the materials.

Grab a bag of shape buttons and have students sort each shape. Use buttons to make square 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 square in, you take the square out…”). For show and tell, ask children to find objects at home that are squares to bring to class. Share and discuss the items as a group.

As an extension to the lesson, read Perfect Square by Michael Hall and Squares Are Everywhere by Charles Ghigna.

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.