After yesterday’s Stanley Cup Finals game, I’ll just blog about something neutral: shapes. Hockey has lots of examples to help kids learn about shapes. Pucks are round like circles. There are circles on the ice, too. Some people have flags on their cars. These are a triangle shape. Tickets are shaped like a rectangle. The scoreboard has rectangles and squares.
During breaks, you and your child can play I Spy with colors or shapes. Looking for details is good practice for kindergarten readiness. Sometimes kids are better at this than adults! It’s great fun to play I Spy in an arena. There’s so many choices of different kinds of shapes.
Ask your child about his/her favorite shape. Talk about the number of sides and points. (Sorry, I don’t mean score points but pointy corners on the shapes.) Hockey can help get in shape for kindergarten.