Basic Shapes for Beginners {review & giveaway}

Do you ever worry that your child will have terrible handwriting? Did you know that teaching pre-writing strokes and working on fine-motor skills helps you child significantly when it comes to handwriting?  Today, I am thrilled to share with you a resource that you will LOVE for teaching pre-writing skills. It’s called Basic Shapes for Beginners.

Here is a little bit about the eBook:

1. It’s written by a Certified Occupational Therapist and my friend, Heather Gruetman.
2. This resource covers 6 weeks of lesson plans for preschoolers (ages 2-5).
3. The activities in this book are all hands-on and fun for kids!
4. There are 28 pages of printables in the back of the eBook to go along with the lessons.

Here are the topics explored in this eBook:

• Vertical and Horizontal Lines
• Circles
• Cross Shapes
• Squares & Rectangles
• Diagonal Lines & X Shapes
• Triangles & Diamonds

I started going through this eBook with my 4-year-old and we love it! I loved how organized the book was and that it was easy to implement these lessons into our daily preschool schedule. In fact, I think this eBook would be perfect to use with my eBook, The Preschool Journey.  Heather shares many hands-on activities in this eBook. A lot of the printables can be printed and laminated or placed in plastic sheets to use over and over again. My preschooler loves using the dry-erase marker, so he loved these activities. My 2-year-old even wanted to try it out!

We also tried out this cross shape activity using pipe cleaners.

Here’s what I love about Basic Shapes for Beginners:

• The book is very well organized and easy to understand
• Heather shares what ages are appropriate for each activity
• The activities are hands-on and fun!
• The printables are helpful
• She shares helpful phrases for talking to preschoolers about pre-writing lines and strokes

I am looking forward to going through the entire eBook with my kids. It really is an incredible resource that is not to be missed!