Preschoolers help Diego find baby polar bears that floated away on pieces of floating ice in "Diego's Arctic Rescue," accessible at websites like Nick Jr. Have kids use the mouse to click on various colored shapes and jump across the floating ice pieces. Then, as Diego rides the back of a beluga whale, have kids move the mouse up and down to swim through the arctic channel, pressing the space bar or double-clicking to jump when necessary. Once Diego reaches the polar bears, have kids calm them by clicking colored notes that mimic a tune.
Moose and Zee seek preschoolers' help in locating shapes in the Internet game "Moose and Zee's Find the Shapes." After Moose announces the kind of shape he wants found in the puzzle, have kids use the mouse to click all shapes of that type. Moose indicates when kids have found all of the shapes.
Preschoolers find circles, ovals, rectangles, squares and triangles in "Purpy's Shapes," accessible at sites like Sheppard Software. Have kids click shapes at the bottom of the screen that match the highlighted shapes. In other levels, kids look at the bottom of the screen to see what kind of shapes they must find in the picture and how many of each kind. Have kids click the shapes in the picture.
Kids drop shapes into holes in "Shape Drop," accessible at websites like AOL's KOL Jr. Have preschoolers use the "Left" and "Right" arrow keys to guide shapes into holes matching the falling shapes. Players lose points and earn strikes for dropping shapes into the wrong hole or letting the shapes hit the ground. The game ends when a child accumulates five strikes.
Put preschoolers in a corner and have them eliminate shapes in this game. Divide students into four equal groups, instructing each group to stand in one corner of the room. In each corner, place a different shape. Have one kid separate from the groups, cover his eyes and call out a random shape. Kids in that shape corner remove themselves from the game. Divide students again into equal groups and have each group stand in a corner. An eliminated student covers his eyes and calls out a shape. Play continues in this manner until one child remains.
Engage students in a multi-shaped version of the classic Twister game. Cut out different shapes from construction paper and attach them to the floor. Write shape names (including the shape's color) on slips of paper, put them in a bucket and pull out slips one at a time. Following Twister rules, have kids put their hands and feet on the shapes as they hear them called.
Bot, Geo and Milli need preschoolers' help putting kites back together in "Team Umizoomi Kite Building Adventure," accessible at the Nick Jr website. Have students use the mouse to move Geo and collect the shapes he needs for the kites. Kids then help Milli complete the patterns to decorate the kites. Upon finishing the kites, have kids choose a blueprint to build and decorate their own kites.