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shapes & colors
By pre-K & K teacher

By mid-year kindergarten, our kids are assesed on knowing 10 colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, brown & pink) and being able to identify and write from memory 6 shapes: oval, rectangle, triangle,
square, circle and plus. Other typical shapes to identify, but not necessary to write: star, diamond, heart and perhaps octagon & pentagon.

At the pre-k level we introduce the basic colors first, like red, yellow, blue & green, then go on to orange (by mixing red & yellow) and purple (mixing red & blue) and go from there to pink & purple, etc. Side notes: Black & brown are often

confused by this age group. Little girls often recognize pink & purple before boys do.

Pre-K shapes are kept simple: circle, square, triangle. Rectangle isn't introduced until later, as it's shape is so similar to a square young children have a problem seeing the difference & the name is so similar to triangle, they easily get confused. We don't worry if they go to kindergarten confusing the two; recognition will come later. Other fun (and easy)shapes to learn are heart & star. Diamond may be another shape to introduce. Pre-K's can fool you - I once had a 4 year old who could easily identify all his shapes, even octagons & pentagons, but couldn't identify colors yet.