Construction Shape Review!

As we continue our Construction theme, we hit so many core standards, I thought I’d share one of my favorites.

Shape Trucks!  I give the kids 4 different truck templates to choose from.  We have a cement truck, a dump truck, a crane truck, and an excavator!  We use circles, triangles, squares, rectangles, and ovals to make our trucks.  In the end we embellish by putting drivers in the truck windows, a load in the dump trucks, stops, a construction site…we just use our imaginations!

All templates for trucks and shapes are included in my “All About Construction” Lesson plan available on Teachers Pay Teachers.  just follow the link below!

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/All-About-Construction-Unit-Plan-for-Preschool-PreK-K-Homeschool-3033813

Here are some photos of my kiddos having fun making their trucks!

They had so much fun and really began to grasp how shapes make up their world!

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