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Oval Shape Activities for Kids

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These oval shape activities will have your kids spinning with learning fun.  Learning shapes is a fun activity for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten children.  As they do these fun kids activities they will begin recognize this shape from other shapes.   Some of these kids activities are a group activity while others can be done as an individual learrning experience. Some activities will incorporate additional shapes to help your little ones pick out the right shapes.   Add some color to these activities to help reinforce learning colors as well or even some counting activities.

Oliver the Old Oval Shaped Hound Dog Coloring Page

Owen the Oval Shaped Snake Counting and Coloring Page

Circle/Oval Shape Matching Activity

Shape Shifter Game

Make me an Oval as Fast as you Can

	Print out this template for this shapes activity.  This is a PDF file that will open in a new window.
	Have your toddler trace each of the different oval shapes they find for this hound dog. Hint:  Every part of this hound dog is nothing but ovals of different sizes.
	Have them color the hound dog according to the legend and tell you each color they are using.
	Have them count how many oval shapes they see in total and for each color.

	Print out this snake template for this kids activity. This PDF file will open in a new window.
	Have the kids trace the oval shape and tell you how this shape is different than a circle.
	Have the kids color each oval shape a different color for the numbers 1 - 5. Ask them what colors they are using.
	Have your toddler count how many red, blue, etc. ovals they see in the snake. If you think they are up to it, see how many total ovals they can count. There are 30 ovals in total so this is a good counting activity for preschool and kindergarten children.

	Print off the activity worksheet.
	Point to each picture in the table and have your toddler say whether the object is a circle shape or oval shape.  Write their answer in the shapes column.

	Using masking tape, draw out a large circle.  This needs to be big enough for all the kids that are participating.
	Now draw out an oval shape using the same general area as the circle (see picture to the left to get an idea of the layout).  The idea is to allow the toddlers to see both shapes on the floor to see how similar they are but also different.
	If you want to add more shapes, do the same with a square and rectangle, outlining each shape in the same general area on the floor.  Repeat this with a diamond and triangle shape.
	If you have a larger group of kids, you can separate into 3 groups (1 group for each set of 2 outlined shapes).
	Now have the kids hold hands and step on the tape to form a circle.  Using the lyrics below, have the kids chant the saying and as the words tell them to change, have them move from the circle shape to the oval shape.

	Make several different circles out of pipe cleaners.  These can be different sizes and colors.
	The idea of this game is to have the toddler pull on two ends of the circle to stretch it out into an oval shape.
	To play the game, set out several pipe cleaner circles on the table.  Then say ready, set go! and have the kids begin to turn their circles into oval shapes until they are all done.
	You can also add color recognition to this game by telling your child to only change the red circles to ovals and then change the blue, etc.
	Have them count how many ovals they have made by simply pulling a circle and changing the shape.