ECD 237 Preschool Learning Plan Format

Name: Gabrielle McQuire

Activity Name: Shapes and Color Sort
4

Age of Child(ren): 3-

Setting: Small group

Developmental Focus: Cognitive and Fine motor
Key Content Focus: Math
Key Content Area Concepts: Geometry and Spatial Sense
Key Content Area Skills: Shapes and Classifying and Organizing
Integrated Content Focus: Literacy
Integrated Content Area Concepts: Alphabet Knowledge
Integrated Content Area Skills: Beginning letters of the shapes and
colors (Shapes: A, F, O, P, R, S, T) (Colors: B, G, O, P, R, Y)
Learning Outcomes:
The child will sort buttons by shapes and color.
SC ELS: M-3K-4.2 Match shapes in their environment.
SC ELS: ELA-3K-3.1 Rehearse vocabulary by identifying familiar objects
pictured in books
SC ELS: ELA-3K-3.13 Recognize a few letters.

Materials to collect/prepare: My Very First Book of Shapes, Shape

buttons, sorting tray, and sorting direction cards
Transition/warm up/introduction: First, I will My Very First Book of
Shapes to the children.
Then the adult will
1. Explain the activity to the children
2. Take out the tray and basket of buttons
3. Model and show the children how to sort the buttons by shape and
color
4. Let each child take a turn to select a button from the basket and say
what shape it is; then have the child place it in the section which has the
shape that matches it
5. After all of the buttons have been sorted by shape, then have the
children sort them by color
6. Lastly, ask the children open-ended questions after they have finished
the sorting activities

Child Procedures:
1. First, the children will listen to the read aloud
2. Next, the children will listen to the instructions for the activity and then
watch the demonstration for doing it
3. Then the children will wait their turn to select a button
4. Afterwards, the children will participate by matching their buttons to
the shapes in the sections of the tray
5. When the children has completed the sort-by-shape activity, they will
sort the buttons by color
6. Finally, the children will answer open-ended questions after the
activity
Conversation to Support Learning/Talking with Children:
What are some other shapes we could have used for sorting today?
How can sorting help when you put away your toys?
How many different shapes do you think we have sorted today? Lets
count and see.
If you were to sort other things what would be some things that you
would like to sort?
What are some letters that we used in this activity?
Observations and Assessment:
The children will sort and match shapes that they see in their
environment. They will be able to classify and organize to two different
attributes, by shape and color. While sorting the buttons by shapes and
colors, they will be able to recognize some letters by the picture labels on
the sorting tray.
Accommodations for individuals:
Simplification for atypical learners:
To simplify this activity, I will provide only a few shapes and limit it to:
(Square, Triangle, Oval, and Flower)
Challenge for advanced learners:
To make this activity challenging, I will provide additional button shapes to
the activity such as the heart, star, diamond, and hexagon.
Resources:
www.prekinders.com
www.pre-kpages.com
http://3dinosaurs.com/