While waiting, draw a shape (like a circle or a wiggly line), using your fingertip on your child’s open palm. Can they name it? Repeat the same shape until they can guess what it is. Take turns back and forth, drawing and guessing shapes.

See what your child is learning

When you play “Finger Marker,” you give your child a chance to put together what they know about how shapes look with how shapes feel. It’s a new and fun way to learn shapes through the sense of touch!


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